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By Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate, 2004-2006
Class, status, privilege; despite all our talk about equality, they’re with us wherever we go. In this poem, Pat Mora, who grew up in a Spanish speaking home in El Paso, Texas, contrasts the lives of rich tourists with the less fortunate people who serve them. The titles of [...]
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by Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate, 2004-2006
In celebration of Veteran’s Day, here is a telling poem by Gary Dop, a Minnesota poet. The veterans of World War II, now old, are dying by the thousands. Here’s one still with us, standing at Normandy, remembering.
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By Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate (2004-2006)
We all know that the manner in which people behave toward one another can tell us a lot about their private lives. In this amusing poem by David Allan Evans, Poet Laureate of South Dakota, we learn something about a marriage by being shown a couple as they take [...]
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