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082	0		_a811 KOO
100	1		_aKooser, Ted _d, 1939-
245	1	0	_aDelights & shadows _c/ Ted Kooser
260			_aPort Townsend, Washington _b: Copper Canyon Press _c, c2004.
300			_a84 p. _c; 24cm.
520			_a"There are days when the fear of death/ is as ubiquitous as light. It illuminates/ everything." Kooser's world is indeed illuminated, though more by an awareness of mortality and the importance of every moment. Here it illuminates a ladybug beetle but elsewhere shirts and slacks, "a bank of threatening clouds/ that hang from a pipe between two ladders" at a yard sale, the small town set in an abandoned mini-golf course or simply a quartz pebble he notices by the toe of his boot. "I held it to the light/ and could almost see through it/ into the grand explanation." Kooser's ninth collection of poems (e.g., Local Wonders) reflects the simple and remarkable things of everyday life. That he often sees things we do not would be delight enough, but more amazing is exactly what he sees. Nothing escapes him; everything is illuminated. There is much to celebrate in these small-town poems about small-town people and a reminder to all of us how America's voice and warm wisdom resonate from the middle.
586			_aUS Poet Laureate 2004-2006.
650		4	_aPoetry, American
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