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American Life in Poetry: Column 531
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE
Many of the poems that have survived the longest are very short. Some of them are a couple of thousand years old. They have somehow managed to perfectly catch life in just a few words and we can still feel those long-ago lives within them. Glenna Luschei, who lives in California, tells us a great deal about comfort in this exemplary poem. Her latest book of poetry is Leaving It All Behind, (Presa Press, 2011).
Home
Dog at my pillow.
Dog at my feet.
My own toothbrush.
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