{"product_id":"delights-shadows-9781556592010","title":"Delights \u0026 Shadows","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eTed Kooser, who served as United States Poet Laureate (2004-2006), is a poet who works toward clarity and accessibility, so that each distinctive poem appears to be as fresh and bright and spontaneous as a good watercolor painting. He is a haiku-like imagist who imbues his poems with tender wisdom,\" and draws inspiration from the overlooked details of daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eDelights and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTed Kooser...has a genius for making the ordinary sacred.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sense of wonder and compassion runs through this Pulitzer Prize winning volume... Kooser's poetry is understated yet manages to skillfully illuminate the small moments of life.--\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kooser] brushes poems over ordinary objects, revealing metaphysical themes that way an investigator dusts for fingerprints. His language is so controlled and convincing that one can't help but feel significant truths behind his lines.--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a sense of quiet amazement at the core of all Kooser's work, but it especially seems to animate his new collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eDelights \u0026amp; Shadows.\u003c\/i\u003e Every delight is shadowed by darkness in this book of small wonders and hard dualisms.--Edward Hirsch, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelights and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e is a book with a deep stillness at its center, perfectly self-contained.--Carol Muske-Dukes, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKooser's ninth collection of poems reflects the simple and remarkable things of everyday life. That he often sees things we do not would be delight enough, but more amazing is exactly what he sees. Nothing escapes him; everything is illuminated....Highly recommended.--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew poets depict the Midwest so accurately or with such tender regard... Kooser excels at the brief, imagistic poem.--\u003ci\u003eThe Kansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelights and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e raises the voice of the poet above everything else. Each short, vivid poem on the page reads as if it were being spoken aloud. Details about cemeteries, dictionaries, a doctor's waiting room, and a jar of buttons bristle with sound and awareness. Kooser's ability to use brief lyrics to compose a music of discovery and regeneration makes his work radiant and consuming... This is not an extended, complex or experimental kind of writing, but poetry that rings true, allowing the human sound of being to exist on the page.--\u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the gift and fragility of life.--\u003ci\u003eThe Wichita Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKooser is a master of the subjective description. Empathetic without sentimentality, his eye ranges over all sorts of everyday subjects and finds material everywhere... wherever the unpredictable particularity of the world can be glimpsed... Perhaps Kooser's success lies in his determination to see the... things of this world with such clarity and passion that their underlying mysteries, delights, and shadows also become clear, if only for a moment.--\u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can almost see Kooser behind the poems, watching the world like a sketch artist... Kooser displays the same kind of fluid strokes Degas used in his ballet pictures...He is an exquisite miniaturist of daily life.--\u003ci\u003eThe Hartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poet finds magic in activities and objects typically considered mundane... Metaphors are the treasure of these short, imagistic poems, emphasizing the wonder and delight latent in what is often merely taken for granted.--\u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKooser has written more perfect poems than any poet of his generation. --Dana Gioia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKooser is straightforward, possesses an American essence, is humble, gritty, ironic and has a gift for detail and a deceptive simplicity.--\u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Poet Laureate of the United States, \u003cb\u003eTed Kooser\u003c\/b\u003e launched the weekly poetry column American Life in Poetry, which appears in over 100 newspapers nationwide. He is the author of ten books of poems, including the collaboration with Jim Harrison, \u003ci\u003eBraided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (isbn 9781556591877).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-189054\"\u003eTed Kooser\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.52w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556592019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Poet Laureate of the United States, Ted Kooser launched the weekly poetry column American Life in Poetry, which appears in over 100 newspapers nationwide. He is the author of ten books of poems, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Delights \u0026amp; Shadows. He lives in Nebraska.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42711505928429,"sku":"9781556592010","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1663a0cb-67bb-4422-b106-a10b7b7e1b43.jpg?v=1650162049","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/delights-shadows-9781556592010","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}