Ted Kooser's Visit to Hawaii, November 2006

Ted Kooser is visiting Hawaii, November 2006

United States Poet Laureate, 2004-2006 and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 2005

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Kooser Week Schedule

Monday evening, November 6 - public presentation
Ted Kooser: A Reading and Conversation.
7:00 p.m. at UH Manoa Campus Center Ballroom
Free and open to the public

Tuesday afternoon, November 7
Do-It-Yourself Poetry: A Session for Writers with Ted Kooser
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Paliku Theatre, Windward CC
Registration required - Download forms here.

Wednesday evening, November 8 - public presentation
Poetry Reading
7:00 p.m. at the Kilauea Military Camp Theatre, Volcanoes National Park -- sponsored by the Volcano Art Center
phone: (866) 967-7565 (toll free) or 967-7564 (on island)

Thursday evening, November 9 - public presentation
Local Wonders: Poetry and Place
7:00 p.m. at Paliku Theatre, Windward CC
Free and open to the public

Friday morning, November 10:
What Makes Poetry? And Why Teachers Should Care
8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Paliku Theatre
Workshop for teachers of students from 3rd grade to college, librarians, and all who work with student writers.
Registration required - Download forms here..

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A Poetry Reading

Once you were young along a river, tree to tree,
with sleek black wings and red shoulders.
You sang for yourself but all of them listened to you.

Now you’re an old blue heron with yellow eyes
and a gray neck tough as a snake.
You open your book on its spine, a split fish,
and pick over the difficult ribs,
turning your better eye down to the work
of eating your words as you go.

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