Kooser’s Column 158

Kooser most recent column features Frank Steele’s “Part of a Legacy.”

Here is what Kooser has to say in his introductory comment about Steele’s poem: “Putting bed pillows onto the grass to freshen, it's a pretty humble subject for a poem, but look how Kentucky poet, Frank Steele, deftly uses a sun-warmed pillow to bring back the comfort and security of childhood.”

And here is a teaser from the poem:

I take pillows outdoors to sun them

as my mother did. "Keeps bedding fresh,"

she said. It was April then, too—

buttercups fluffing their frail sails,

one striped bee humming grudges, a crinkle

To finish reading the poem, please visit Column 158 at American Life in Poetry.

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