Lately I’ve been thinking about Kennth Koch…

Cover of Planet of the Blind....man and dog....

Lately I’ve been thinking about Kennth Koch…

Who I never met, whose poems I read
In many far cities, whose voice

Cheered me in dark times.
When you’ve been alone

And peel an orange
So you’re returned

To yourself, that’s
The ticket, you’ll

Be wanting a poet
Who hands you

This…

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Poet, Essayist, Blogger, Journalist, Memoirist, Disability Rights Advocate, Public Speaker, Professor, Syracuse University

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