Valentine's Day is the poet's holiday.

“Mother (fragment)...You asked me if I would be sad when it happenedand I am sad…”

“MOTHER – By Ted Kooser Mid April already, and the wild plumsbloom at the roadsi…”

“Considering the ways in which so many of us waste our time, what would be wrong…”

“When she left me I stood out in the thunderstorm, hoping to be destroyed by lig…”