No Time But There's Poetry

It's been storming and a cold snap's coming and the kids are home and I have SO MUCH TO WRITE so in lieu of an entry, I leave you this poem I wish I'd written:

American Life in Poetry: Column 461

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE

So much of what we learn about life comes from exchanging stories, and this poem by a Californian, Peter Everwine, portrays that kind of teaching. I love the moment where he says he doesn’t know if the story is true but it ought to be.




A Story Can Chan...