a happy birthday this evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone … - Ted Kooser

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Jazz is improvisation and syncopation, with resilience and flow, with earthy elegance, nuance and subtlety, with the integrity of individual expression within (usually) a group context, with true democracy in action.

Ted Kooser

a happy birthday this evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone and the book was no more than a part of the darkness. I could easily have switched on a lamp, but I wanted to ride the day down into night, to sit alone, and smooth the unreadable page with the pale gray ghost of my hand

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The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful.

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There are mornings when everything brims with promise, even my empty cup.

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There's nothing wrong with delighting in what you do. In fact, most of the fun you'll have as a poet will come about during the process of writing.

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In my work, I really try to look at ordinary things quite closely to see if there isn't a little bit of something special about them. I'm trying to make something as nearly perfect as I can out of words.

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Sometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered, even though you can't read the address.

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