american life in poetry: column 100
by ted kooser, u.s. poet laureate, 2004-2006
Here the Maine poet, Wesley McNair, offers us a vivid description of a man who has lived beyond himself. I’d guess you won’t easily forget this sad old man in his apron with his tray of cheese.
The One I Think of Now
At the end [...]
Entries from March 2007
the one I think of now
March 28, 2007
connections
March 27, 2007
I have finished my incompletes. I’m waiting to upload one class (I have to have permissions to get into the class to do so and I have requested them) and have finished all of the rest.
There is still much work to do — ongoing classes and thesis. But the worst of it is [...]
coming clean
March 10, 2007
So, this is the thing. I need to be honest with what is going on.
I screwed up. Big time.
I was spending so much time on my blogs and taking photographs that I got behind in my classes. Not just a little behind. Oh, no. I don’t do things small. [...]