Delights & Shadows
by Ted Kooser
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Author: Ted KooserEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-05-01
ISBN: 1556592019
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
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Book Review: A good book of poems
Summary: 4 Stars
Kooser reminds me of a nice old grandpa that reminisces about simple things in a way that makes you think. This book is full of rural references and interesting descriptions about the everyday. Poetry can be hard to read, and this book was hard for me, but he has an extremely readable style of poetry.
This is my favorite poem from the book: A Rainy Morning
A young woman in a wheelchair,
wearing a black nylon poncho spattered with rain,
is pushing herself through the morning.
You have seen how pianists
sometimes bend forward to strike the keys,
then lift their hands, draw back to rest,
then lean again to strike just as the chord fades.
Such is the way this woman
strikes at the wheels, then lifts her long white fingers,
letting them float, then bends to strike
just as the chair slows, as if into a silence.
So expertly she plays the chords
of this difficult music she has mastered,
her wet face beautiful in its concentration,
while the wind turns the pages of rain.
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