writing101.net | msmcguire.com

writing. living. learning.

writing101.net | msmcguire.com random header image

an hour with ted kooser on a saturday morning

November 7th, 2009
No Comments

This morning Aidan (my six year old son) and I sat for an hour together watching Ted Kooser read his poetry to a packed hall at UC Santa Barbara in August of 2005. Kooser has such a gentle and honest style. He helps us notice the simple magnificence that surrounds us all. It was an [...]

Tags:   · · ·

self-absorbed, 5:00 on a friday afternoon

August 30th, 2009
1 Comment

Of your own accord Training wheels discarded On the garage floor. With my fingers through my hair I said sure. We hit the black top Lot next door, Knowing the fragility of self– Esteem and bones. Like that drunken teenager I remember from years ago On his bike by the Taco Bell, I smiled and [...]

Tags:   · · ·

reading the poetry home repair manual by ted kooser

May 23rd, 2009
No Comments

I’ll be teaching poetry writing for the first time in the fall, so I need to consider what I’ll ask the students to read. Beyond a collection of poetry, I wanted a kind of textbook, but not a textbook, if you know what I mean. I’m thinking about Ted Kooser’s Poetry Home Repair Manual. It [...]

Tags:   · ·