Ted Kooser
Biography
Quotes
- Valentine's Day is the poet's holiday.
- When she left me I stood out in the thunderstorm, hoping to be destroyed by lightning. It missed, first left, then right.
- a happy birthdaythis evening, I sat by an open windowand read till the light was gone and the bookwas no more than a part of the darkness.I could easily have switched on a lamp,but I wanted to ride the day down into night,to sit alone, and smooth the unreadable pagewith the pale gray ghost of my hand