Ted Kooser

I can’t believe it’s already the end of May.  Or that it’s almost 90 degrees here in DC.  Anyway, despite the August-like-heat, it’s peak wedding season: I went to one last weekend and am going another this weekend, and pretty much everyone I know seems to be attending weddings as well.  Yay for newlyweds!  And hideous bridesmaids’ dresses!  And personalized napkins!  And sentimental speeches!  And, you know, love and all that.  So for this week’s dose of poetry, I picked out this sweet one by former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. It appears in his 2008 collection...

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