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Kindest regards : new and selected poems / Ted Kooser.

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"Four decades of poetry--and a generous selection of new work--make up this collection by Pulitzer Prize winner Ted Kooser. Firmly rooted in the landscapes of the Midwest, Kooser's poetry succeeds in finding the emotional resonances within the ordinary. Kooser's language of quiet intensity trains itself on the intricacies of human relationships, as well as the animals and objects that make up our days. As Poetry magazine said of his work, 'Kooser documents the dignities, habits, and small griefs of daily life, our hunger for connection, our struggle to find balance""--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9781556595332
ISBN: 1556595336
ISBN: 1556595344
ISBN: 9781556595349
Physical Description: xvii, 239 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Machine generated contents note: From Sure Signs: 1980 -- Selecting a Reader -- First Snow -- An Old Photograph -- The Constellation Orion -- The Salesman -- Old Soldiers' Home -- Fort Robinson -- How to Foretell a Change in the Weather -- Snow Fence -- In an Old Apple Orchard -- After the Funeral: Cleaning Out the Medicine Cabinet -- Carrie -- For a Friend -- Five P.M. -- Abandoned Farmhouse -- At the Bait Stand -- The Widow Lester -- The Red Wing Church -- From One World at a Time: 1985 -- Flying at Night -- In the Basement of the Goodwill Store -- In January, 1962 -- Father -- The Fan in the Window -- Daddy Longlegs -- Goodbye -- Laundry -- Ladder -- Walking at Noon near the Burlington Depot in Lincoln, Nebraska -- At Nightfall -- Cleaning a Bass -- A Letter -- The Voyager 2 Satellite -- As the President Spoke -- The Urine Specimen -- Porch Swing in September -- From the Blizzard Voices: 1986 -- Eighteen eighty-eight, a Thursday -- Father and I had pulled the pump up

Note continued: My maiden name was Hanna -- Depending where on the plains -- I was an Ohio girl -- Corn was at twelve cents a bushel -- In all my years I never saw -- So go the old stories -- From Weather Central: 1994 -- Etude -- A Finding -- An Elegy -- Snakeskin -- A Letter in October -- Four Secretaries -- Shoes -- City Limits -- Site -- Surveyors -- Another Story -- Five-Finger Exercise -- Sparklers -- Old Dog in March -- The Great-Grandparents -- Weather Central -- From Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison: 2000 -- Epigraph -- November 9 -- November 10 -- November 12 -- November 18 -- November 29 -- December 2 -- December 14 -- December 20 -- December 22 -- January 5 -- January 7 -- January 12 -- January 17 -- January 19 -- January 31 -- February 16 -- February 18 -- March 2 -- March 7 -- March 12 -- March 20 -- From Delights & Shadows: 2004 -- Walking on Tiptoe -- At the Cancer Clinic -- Gyroscope -- A Rainy Morning -- Mourners -- Skater

Note continued: Mother -- A Jar of Buttons -- Dishwater -- Applesauce -- Father -- Pearl -- Telescope -- A Washing of Hands -- After Years -- From Valentines: 2008 -- A Heart of Gold -- Barn Owl -- Song of the Ironing Board -- For You, Friend -- A Map of the World -- This Paper Boat -- From Splitting an Order: 2014 -- Splitting an Order -- Bad News -- Swinging from Parents -- At Arby's, at Noon -- Changing Drivers -- Two -- Opossum -- A Visitant at Five A.M. -- A Jonathan in Spring -- Sundial -- Lantern -- A Mouse in a Trap -- Zinc Lid -- At a Kitchen Table -- A Morning in Early Spring -- Sleep Apnea -- Deep Winter -- New Moon -- Painting the Barn -- Awakening -- From At Home: 2017 -- Road Kill -- Locust Trees in Late May -- The Sick Bat -- Croquet Ball -- Barred Owl -- Nine Wild Turkeys -- A Walk with My Dog -- Meteor Shower -- New Poems -- 1 -- Sewing Machine -- Putz -- Memorial Day -- A Bottle Collection -- The Clipper Ship -- Blackout -- Goldfish -- A Color Slide

Note continued: Post Office -- Ames By-Products -- Helmet -- By Flowing Water -- An Antique Teacup -- Parents -- Death of a Dog -- A Line in the Rain -- 2 -- A February Walk -- In Early April -- Roadside -- Three Steps in the Grass -- Snapping Turtle -- A Summer Afternoon with Clouds -- Nash -- A Marriage -- An Appearance -- Walking in Fog beside a Lake -- The Constellation -- Turning Up the Thermostat -- A Yellow Rope -- Hoarfrost -- Moon Shadows -- December Morning -- 3 -- A Man on a Bridge -- Arabesque -- On a Windy Day -- People We Will Never See Again -- Passing Through -- Laundromat -- Landing -- Piano -- Smoke Rings -- Two by the Road -- Richard -- Brueghel: Hunters in the Snow -- Firewood -- Card Trick -- Three Shadows -- A Long Midwinter Walk -- Waxer.