Good Poems
Garrison Keillor
The poetry-loving host of public radio’s The Writer’s Almanac collects favorite poems from the show and reads them with a number of contemporary poets.Good Poems includes poems about lovers, children, failure, everyday life, death, and transcendence. It features the work of classic poets, such as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Robert Frost, as well as the work of contemporary greats such as Howard Nemerov, Charles Bukowski, Donald Hall, Billy Collins, Robert Bly, and Sharon Olds.Some poems are wise, some are funny, some are soothing or heartwarming. All were chosen for their wit, frankness, passion, and, in Keillor's words, their “utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m.”The poems are read by Keillor and a number of the poets including:Garrison KeillorRoy Blount, Jr.Robert BlyDavid BudbillHayden CarruthBilly CollinsStephen DunnEdward FieldDonald HallJennifer Michael HechtLouis JenkinsGalway KinnellMaxine KuminOrville LundSharon OldsLinda PastanGerald SternJoyce SutphenHenry Taylor
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