Ted Kooser's Poetry Analysis

Ted Kooser is a man of many titles. All ranging from poet laurate to Pulitzer prize winner. Yet, the many of many titles prefers to keep them quiet as he lives out his life in the peaceful planes of Nebraska. In those plains, Kooser writes his books of poetry. From his home in Nebraska, Kooser archives the world around him. Then he reiterates those archived experiences in many forms. The experiences of life, death, and all that occurs in between those two points. The experiences of the world are what Ted Kooser seeks to capture in his works. Many mysterious lay in the labyrinths of peoples past. Questions like, who was the persons first love, what was your dream as a child, or what was your darkest hour. Most questions such as those a person shouldn’t have to answer. Yet, authors follow a different criterion. When someone writes, they are recording their thoughts in attempt to share them with a fellow person. However, when the thoughts of an author include things such as memories and emotions. Questions will arise with the desire to find the source of those thoughts and emotions. However, David Evens believes Koosers poems aren’t created from some kind of mysterious memory. He believes that Koosers poems are just records of the world …show more content…
David Manson wrote an article about Ted Koosers poetry, and in that article, he states, “Kooser is the sort of regional writer who transcends region by virtue of his stance and his technique.” The point Mason is trying to get across is that at first glance, Kooser seems to be a writer of the area around him. Yet, upon further inspection, his writing feels more open than just the setting he describes. Christine Stewart-Nunez wrote an article about her teacher, Ted Kooser, that was later published by the South Dakota Humanities Council. In this article she writes, “he does more than paint pictures of his beloved “bohemian alps;” he models the way we can connect