Kooser, Ted: Splitting an Order

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Copper Canyon Press, paperback Publication Date: November 29, 2016 Publisher Marketing: "Ted Kooser must be the most accessible and enjoyable major poet in America. His lines are s o clear and simple." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Readers [of Splitting an Order] will find 'characters' both strange and wonderful, animal or human. There is a sense that time is passing quickly and that everything worthy must be captured and savored." --Library Journal, starred review "Kooser's ability to discover the smallest detail and render it remarkable is a rare gift." --Bloomsbury Review Hailed by Library Journal as "a master of the single-metaphor poem," Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling poet Ted Kooser calls attention to the intimacies of life through commonplace objects and occurrences. This collection--ten years in the making--is rich with quiet and profound magnificence. I like to watch an old man cutting a sandwich in half. . . and then to see him lift halfonto the extra plate that he asked the server to bring,and then to wait, offering the plate to his wifewhile she slowly unrolls her napkin and places her spoon,her knife and her fork in their proper places,then smoothes the starched white napkin over her kneesand meets his eyes and holds out both old hands to him. Show more