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- Flying At Night: Poems 1965-1985
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
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Named U.S. Poet Laureate for 2004-2006, Ted Kooser is one of America's masters of the short metaphorical poem. Dana Gioia has remarked that Kooser has written more perfect poems than any poet of his generation.
In Flying at Night: Poems 1965-1985, Kooser has selected poems from two of his earlier works, Sure Signs and One World at a Time (1985). Taken together or read one at a time, these poems clearly show why William Cole, writing in the Saturday Review, called Ted Kooser "a wonderful poet," and why Peter Stitt, writing in the Georgia Review, proclaimed him "a skilled and cunning writer. . . . An authentic 'poet of the American people.'"
In Flying at Night: Poems 1965-1985, Kooser has selected poems from two of his earlier works, Sure Signs and One World at a Time (1985). Taken together or read one at a time, these poems clearly show why William Cole, writing in the Saturday Review, called Ted Kooser "a wonderful poet," and why Peter Stitt, writing in the Georgia Review, proclaimed him "a skilled and cunning writer. . . . An authentic 'poet of the American people.'"
Table of Contents
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- Front Cover
- p. 1
- TItle Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-5
- SURE SIGNS Poems
- pp. 1-13
- Selecting a Reader
- pp. 3-14
- First Snow
- pp. 4-15
- An Old Photograph
- pp. 5-16
- The Constellation Orion
- pp. 6-17
- The Salesman
- pp. 7-18
- Old Soldiers’ Home
- pp. 8-19
- Self-Portrait at Thirty-Nine
- pp. 9-20
- Christmas Eve
- pp. 10-21
- Visiting Mountains
- pp. 11-22
- The Leaky Faucet
- pp. 12-23
- A Frozen Stream
- pp. 13-24
- Living Near the Rehabilitation Home
- pp. 14-25
- Late February
- pp. 15-16
- A Drive in the Country
- pp. 17-28
- Spring Plowing
- pp. 18-29
- Sure Signs
- pp. 20-31
- A Summer Night
- pp. 21-32
- In a Country Cemetery in Iowa
- pp. 22-33
- The Man with the Hearing Aid
- pp. 23-34
- The Very Old
- pp. 24-35
- Walking Beside a Creek
- pp. 25-36
- At the End of the Weekend
- pp. 28-39
- Uncle Adler
- pp. 29-40
- In the Corners of Fields
- pp. 30-41
- How to Make Rhubarb Wine
- pp. 31-32
- Late Lights in Minnesota
- pp. 33-44
- The Afterlife
- pp. 34-45
- So This Is Nebraska
- pp. 36-37
- Fort Robinson
- pp. 38-49
- Snow Fence
- pp. 41-52
- In an Old Apple Orchard
- pp. 42-53
- An Empty Place
- pp. 43-54
- The Grandfather Cap
- pp. 45-56
- Shooting a Farmhouse
- pp. 46-47
- Beer Bottle
- pp. 48-59
- Sleeping Cat
- pp. 49-60
- North of Alliance
- pp. 50-61
- Late September
- pp. 51-62
- For a Friend
- pp. 53-64
- Grandfather
- pp. 54-65
- Looking for You, Barbara
- pp. 55-66
- Pocket Poem
- pp. 56-67
- After My Grandmother’s Funeral
- pp. 60-71
- A Hot Night in Wheat Country
- pp. 61-72
- Abandoned Farmhouse
- pp. 63-74
- West Window
- pp. 66-77
- Boarding House
- pp. 67-78
- A Letter from Aunt Belle
- pp. 68-79
- At the Bait Stand
- pp. 69-80
- The Tattooed Lady
- pp. 70-81
- A Death at the Office
- pp. 71-82
- There Is Always a Little Wind
- pp. 72-83
- The Widow Lester
- pp. 73-84
- Houses at the Edge of Town
- pp. 74-85
- The Old Woman
- pp. 75-86
- A Place in Kansas
- pp. 76-87
- Tom Ball’s Barn
- pp. 77-88
- My Grandfather Dying
- pp. 78-89
- The Red Wing Church
- pp. 79-90
- Highway 30
- pp. 80-91
- The Failed Suicide
- pp. 82-93
- Year’s End
- pp. 85-96
- New Year’s Day
- pp. 86-97
- Walking to Work
- pp. 87-98
- Sunday Morning
- pp. 88-99
- One World at a Time Poems
- pp. 89-101
- Flying at Night
- pp. 91-102
- A Fencerow in Early March
- pp. 92-103
- A Birthday Card
- pp. 94-105
- In the Basement of the Goodwill Store
- pp. 95-106
- A Room in the Past
- pp. 97-108
- In January, 1962
- pp. 98-109
- Tillage Marks
- pp. 99-110
- A Child’s Grave Marker
- pp. 100-111
- At Midnight
- pp. 104-115
- The Fan in the Window
- pp. 106-117
- Daddy Longlegs
- pp. 108-119
- The Giant Slide
- pp. 110-121
- A Roadside Shrine in Kansas
- pp. 111-122
- Decoration Day
- pp. 112-123
- A Monday in May
- pp. 113-124
- A Buffalo Skull
- pp. 114-125
- A Patch of Sunlight
- pp. 120-131
- At the Center
- pp. 122-133
- At Nightfall
- pp. 125-136
- At the Office Early
- pp. 126-137
- Cleaning a Bass
- pp. 127-138
- An Empty Shotgun Shell
- pp. 128-139
- A Quarter Moon Just Before Dawn
- pp. 129-140
- Latvian Neighborhood
- pp. 131-142
- The Voyager II Satellite
- pp. 132-143
- The Witness
- pp. 133-144
- As the President Spoke
- pp. 134-145
- The Onion Woman
- pp. 137-148
- Hobo Jungle
- pp. 138-149
- An August Night
- pp. 139-150
- The Urine Specimen
- pp. 140-151
- Geronimo’s Mirror
- pp. 141-152
- Porch Swing in September
- pp. 142-153
- Back Cover
- p. 154
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822991076
Related ISBN(s)
9780822942580, 9780822958772
MARC Record
OCLC
607576974
Pages
152
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No