Ted Kooser was the US Poet Laureate from 2004-2006 and is currently a Presidential Professor at The University of Nebraska, teaching the writing of poetry. He is the author of more than twelve volumes of poetry including his most recent, Splitting an Order (Copper Canyon Press, 2014).
For more, read Daniel Simon’s interview with Ted Kooser, “Starving for Order.”
The Constellation
I was on my way home from a party,ten-thirty, a dark winter night, no stars,a few snowflakes drifting...