Poem of the Day
So This Is Nebraska
By Ted Kooser
The gravel road rides with a slow gallop
over the fields, the telephone lines
streaming behind, its billow of dust
full of the sparks of redwing blackbirds.
On either side, those dear old ladies,
the loosening barns, their little windows
dulled by cataracts of hay and...
A note from the editor: Ted Kooser, former US Poet Laureate, is 85 years old today. Listen to recordings of Kooser in "Essential American Poets."
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