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Kooser Poems - Poems about Kooser


Wake me up
...Wake me up, when I’m dead, I want to see New York again And climb into the Empire State Building, I want to see the Metropolitan Museum again See again his archaeological museum. Wake me up, w......

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Categories: kooser, america, death,
Form: Free verse
Advice to a Young Poet
...Read Ted Kooser. Save your egg cartons until you have a fitted stack tall enough to be mistaken for an art project. Melt them down in a bucket of water. See how the float at first, then slowly succum......

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Categories: kooser, writing,
Form: Prose Poetry



The Old Hand Saw
......for Ted Kooser It belonged to my dad. More antique than useful it lay in my tool box begging to be used. Soaped and sharpened so many times before use, its blade was now dull and lifeles......

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Categories: kooser, father,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
......for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. ......

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Categories: kooser, tribute, writing,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
......for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. I......

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Categories: kooser, tribute, writing,
Form: Verse



The Old Hand Saw
......for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry.......

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Categories: kooser, dedication, devotion, friendship,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
......for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. I took ......

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Categories: kooser, inspirational, uplifting,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
......for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. I took ......

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Categories: kooser, inspirational,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
......for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry.......

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Categories: kooser, father
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
...The Old Hand Saw ...for Ted Kooser It belonged to my dad. More antique than useful it lay in my tool box begging to be used. Soaped and sharpened so many times its blade w......

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Categories: kooser, fatherold, old,
Form: Verse
The Boudoir
...She was a pallor woman, says the mirror on the Wall above her bureau: A tranquil woman too, Says her diary which lay near her bed on the Floor; and a deathless woman, says the crimson Stain up......

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Categories: kooser, mystery,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things