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1	The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets more books like this by Ted Kooser Recently appointed as the new U. S. Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser has been writing and publishing poetry for more than forty years. In the pages of The Poetry Home Repair Manual, Kooser brings those decades of experience to bear. Here are tools and insights, the instructions (and warnings against instructions) that poets-aspiring or practicing-can use ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £9.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps more books like this by Ted Kooser Ted Kooser describes with exquisite detail and humour the place he calls home in the Bohemian Alps of southeastern Nebraska. Like many other people in this rural area, he has what he calls "wolf vision"-he sees every change in the landscape around him. Nothing is too big or too small for his attention. Memories of his grandmother's cooking are ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Delights & Shadows more books like this by Ted Kooser "Kooser is straightforward, possesses an American essence, is humble, gritty, ironic and has a gift for detail and a deceptive simplicity."-Seattle Post-Intelligencer This signed, limited edition celebrates the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection by former Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. Delights and Shadows is one of the best-selling poetry books in ... see all copies from £6.73! new only from £10.07! \| signed copies
4	Writing Brave and Free: Encouraging Words for People Who Want to Start Writing more books like this by Ted Kooser, Steve Cox Sometimes setting pen to paper requires bravery, and writing well means breaking free of the rules learned in school. Liberating and emboldening the beginning writer are the goals of Ted Kooser and Steve Cox in this spirited book of practical wisdom that brings to bear decades of invaluable experience in writing, teaching, editing, and publishing. ... see all copies from £7.17! new only from £7.73! \| first editions
5	The Blizzard Voices more books like this by Ted Kooser This book is a collection of poems recording the devastation unleashed on the Great Plains by the blizzard of January 12, 1888. "The Blizzard Voices" is based on the actual reminiscences of the survivors as recorded in documents from the time and written reminiscences from years later. Here are the haunting voices of the men and women who were ... see all copies from £6.17! new only from £7.14! \| first editions
6	Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry more books like this by Jim Harrison, Ted Kooser "Braided Creek "contains more than 300 poems exchanged in this longstanding correspondence. Wise, wry, and penetrating, the poems touch upon numerous subjects, from the natural world to the nature of time. Harrison and Kooser decided to remain silent over who wrote which poem, allowing their voices, ideas, and images to swirl and merge into this ... see all copies from £8.81! new only from £10.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Flying at Night: Poems 1965-1985 more books like this by Ted Kooser Named U.S. Poet Laureate for 2004-2005, 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 (1980) and One World at a Time ... see all copies from £7.80! new only from £10.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers more books like this by American Poetry & Literacy Project (Creator), Academy of American Poets (Creator), Ted Kooser (Foreword by) Seventy lighthearted poems, selected for both popularity and literary quality, cover a wide range of subjects: books, words, imagination, the beauty of the natural world, travel, adventure, play, and, of course, love and friendship. Features an incredible array of poets, from Lewis Carroll and Ernest Lawrence Thayer to Shel Silverstein and Ogden ... see all copies from £4.31! new only from £4.31!
9	Sure Signs: New and Selected Poems more books like this by Ted Kooser see all copies from £7.51! new only from £14.73! \| first editions
10	The New Writer's Handbook, Volume 2: A Practical Anthology of Best Advice for Your Craft & Career more books like this by Philip Martin (Editor), Ted Kooser (Preface by) On the heels of "The New Writer's Handbook 2007," the first in a series and winner of ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award in the career category, comes the 2008 edition, edited again by the experienced and industry-savvy Philip Martin. It contains entirely new material (and mostly new contributors, with a few repeats). The content will ... see all copies from £9.21! new only from £11.20!
11 view cover	Weather Central more books like this by Ted Kooser 'Weather Central, Ted Kooser's latest book, reinforces his title as poet laureate of Nebraska, whether the governor has gotten around to making the appointment or not...His poems have the beauty and wisdom of something closely tied to the soil...perfect combinations of imagery and music, American poetry, the real thing.'--Reagen Upshaw, The ... see all copies from £6.81! new only from £9.53!
12 view cover	Dreams in Dry Places more books like this by Roger Bruhn, Edward F Zimmer (Designer), Ted Kooser (Designer) Against a stark horizon in a harsh climate, settlers in Nebraska everywhere erected monuments to their optimism. The buildings pictured in "Dreams in Dry Places" are not just famous landmarks like the State Capitol but also humble farmhouses, barns, grain elevators, courthouses, banks, churches, stores, and theaters. They represent every kind of ... see all copies from £10.92! new only from £62.08! \| first editions
13 view cover	Valentines more books like this by Ted Kooser, Robert Hanna (Illustrator) For Valentine's Day 1986, Ted Kooser wrote "Pocket Poem" and sent the tender, thoughtful composition to fifty women friends, starting an annual tradition that would persist for the next twenty-one years. Printed on postcards, the poems were mailed to a list of recipients that eventually grew to more than 2,500 women all over the United States. ... see all copies from £10.04! new only from £10.04! \| first editions
14 view cover	Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison more books like this by Ted Kooser see all copies from £10.58! new only from £14.49! \| first editions
15	One World at a Time more books like this by Ted Kooser see all copies from £38.21! first editions
16 view cover	Braided Creek more books like this by Jean Follain, Jim Harrison, Ted Kooser After Jim Harrison and Ted Kooser had exchanged letters and poems for years, Kooser was diagnosed with cancer. "Ted's poetry became overwhelmingly vivid," Harrison recalls. "Then we decided to correspond in short poems, because that was the essence of what we wanted to say to each other." "Braided Creek" contains over 300 poems exchanged in this ... see all copies from £38.21! signed copies \| first editions
17	Not Coming to Be Barked at: Poems more books like this by Ted Kooser see all copies from £157.89!
18	Cottonwood County more books like this by Ted Kooser, William Kloefkorn see all copies from £72.32! signed copies
19	Hatcher more books like this by Ted Kooser see all copies from £52.11!
20	A local habitation & a name : poems more books like this by Ted Kooser see all copies from £89.37! first editions
21	Official entry blank; poems. more books like this by Ted Kooser see all copies from £146.55! signed copies \| first editions
22	Not Coming to Be Barked at more books like this by Ted Kooser see all copies from £89.37! signed copies \| first editions
23	American Freeway by Al Masarik, And Rainer Wehlen, Editors (Gerald Haslam, Lyn Lifshin, Ted Kooser, Wm. Kloefkorn, T. L. Kryss, Kent Taylor,... see all copies from £15.70!
24	Cottonwood County : poems more books like this by William Kloefkorn, Ted Kooser see all copies from £311.08! first editions

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