Sure Signs: New and Selected Poems (Pitt Poetry Series)
by Ted Kooser
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Named U.S. Poet Laureate for 2004-2006, Ted Kooser is one of America's masters of the short metaphorical poem. Dana Gioia has remarked that Kooser has written more perfect poems than any poet of his generation. Long admired and praised by other poets, Kooser is also accesible to the reader not familiar with contemporary poetry.
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The Poet Laureate is not the Poet Laureate by accident. Kooser is a poet of the everyday and finds the transcendent therein. He puts me in mind of Robert Frost in the way he sneaks up on you and leaves you breathless and bewildered, thinking to yourself "... but that poem was about a woman and her dustrag, why am I so dizzy?"
Not quite Delights & Shadows, but another fantastic read from Kooser. There are few contemporary poets I enjoy, but Kooser is tied for 1st place on my favorite list.
See review of Flying by Night.
-Jim, 12/28/08
-Jim, 12/28/08
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Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate (2004-2006), is a professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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