Kooser, Ted

Presents an illustrated collection of thirty poems that explore the four elements.

Mr. Posey needs new glasses. But when he tries on glasses in a thrift shop's barrel, he's in for a big surprise.

Presents essays in which the author meditates upon the joys and beauty of his small-town life in the Bohemian Alps of southeastern Nebraska.

Provides guidance for beginning poets on how to hone their craft. Offers instructions and warnings against instructions with examples from the poet's own work and the work of his contemporaries.

Presents a collection of poems by Poet Laureate of the United States, Ted Kooser, that describe the habits and struggles of daily life.

Tells the story of a house that began on a lot cleared of trees, but as the years pass and the family who lived there abandons it, nature begins to grow all around it until the house is lifted up by the trees that now surround it and hold it together.

One cold, spring morning, an ordinary grocery bag begins blowing around a landfill, then as it travels down a road, through a stream, and into a town, it is used in various ways by different people, many of whom do not even notice it.