Ted Kooser is a master of metaphor a poet who deftly connects disparateelements of the world and communicates with absolute precision. Critics callhim a haikuli... » 

Ted Kooser is a master of metaphor a poet who deftly connects disparateelements of the world and communicates with absolute precision. Critics callhim a haikulike imagist and his poems have been compared to Chekovs shortstories. In Delights and Shadows Kooser draws inspiration from theoverlooked details of daily life. Quotidian objects like a pegboard creamedcorn and a forgotten salesmans trophy help reveal the remarkable in whatbefore was a merely ordinary world. Kooser documents the dignities habits andsmall griefs of daily life our hunger for connection our struggle to findbalance.Poetry Ted Kooser is the author of eight collections of poems and aprose memoir. He lives on a small farm in rural Nebraska. «