R Ronald Koertge

Ronald Koertge

15 şiir · Illinois

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Ron Koertge was born in Olney, Illinois, April 22, 1940 Ronald Koertge is the author of poetry collections like Dairy Cows, Life on the Edge of the Continent: Selected Poems, and Making Love to Roget’s Wife (University of Arkansas Press). He has also written a novel, The Boogeyman, a lot of young adult novels, including Arizona Kid, Mariposa Blues, Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright, and Confess-O-Rama. Koertge recently retired from Pasadena City College after 37 years of teaching.)

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When I come in, my mechanic is eating lunch. He doesn't look over the top of his newspaper. I glance around, hoping that Miss July…

The anthology of love poems I bought for a quarter is brittle, anyway, and comes apart when I read it. One at a time, I throw pages on the fire…

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In the airport bar, I tell my mother not to worry. No one ever tripped and fell into the San Andreas Fault. But as she dabs at her dry eyes, I remember those old movies where the e…

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Delores Del Rio takes a walking tour of my body. Unlike most vagabonds in sturdy boots and a stained rucksack, Delores wears a red dress and slingbacks.…

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When the Lexus hit that pigeon, he lay there beating his one good wing against the curb like he was trying to put out a fire. My wife asked me to do something, so I…

Bamboo shoots in a blue pot, tea steeping in a tall cup with painted koi on the side. Outside my window, the cat stalks a sparrow, but is too tender-hearted to lunge.…

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Walking toward the library, I pass three children staring down at a dead crow and daring each other to poke it with a stick. I stop, too, because I know a little about crows -…

"That panting on the wall" really was the most interesting line in the whole magazine. But my pleasure in it was diminished…

Coach entreats us to control the clock. But how can one not ponder "time's winged chariot," or "Time the foe of Man's dominion"? Pondering leads to delay of game.…

Traditionally, Gaspar, Melchoir and Balthasar show up with their exotic gifts, though the Bible does not name them and some scholars believe the Chinese sage Liu Shang might have a…

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They were never handsome and often came with a hormone imbalance manifested by corpulence, a yodel of a voice or ears big as kidneys.…

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Q. You're Such a Disciplined Writer. Were You Always That way? A. When I was in graduate school, I worked part-time at a local library. I ran the used bookstore in the basement. Th…

goes by at 1:00 a.m. two nights of the week. I can hear the feather whoosh of his machine and see one red light.…

It is small, holds only a few boys and girls and smells like graham crackers inside. There it sits one morning shining in the sun. A giant toy. Beyond inviting. Irresistible.…

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