U.S. Poet Laureate (2004-2006) Ted Kooser read his poems

U.S. Poet Laureate (2004-2006) Ted Kooser is a major poetic voice for rural and small town America and the award-winning author of ten collections of poetry, most recently 2004's Pulitzer Prize-winning Delights and Shadows. Nebraskan Kooser often draws from his native Great Plains and his poems are acclaimed for their simple, straightforward style. Kooser reads from his poetry before a standing-room only audience in Campbell Hall at UC Santa Barbara. [8/2005] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 9537]

[at the beginning, he was referring to Hobbit and middle earth from Tolkien's books Hobbit and Lord of Rings. Ted is not only a poet, but also a fantastic presenter]

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• Father (near the end of the presentation) -englishreader- ♂ (894 bytes) () 10/15/2009 postreply 21:59:18

• Selecting A Reader and Tattoo(the 1st/3rd poems in the presentat -englishreader- ♂ (2908 bytes) () 10/15/2009 postreply 22:26:28

• depression glass -englishreader- ♂ (116 bytes) () 10/15/2009 postreply 22:28:39

• depression glass -englishreader- ♂ (1392 bytes) () 10/15/2009 postreply 23:38:41

• Like Kooser's speech. Thanks for sharing. -amazing_grace- ♀ (370 bytes) () 10/16/2009 postreply 08:57:45

• you got it, this video is classic of learning intonations and wo -englishreader- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2009 postreply 09:19:35

• 謝謝分享U.S. Poet Laureate 英語詩歌朗誦視頻。 -紫君- ♀ (38 bytes) () 10/16/2009 postreply 06:37:47

• his poems are the reflection of common life -englishreader- ♂ (138 bytes) () 10/16/2009 postreply 09:17:19

• 再謝englishreader分享,受益匪淺. 周末快樂. -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2009 postreply 10:02:29