Kenneth W Koch

New Addresses: Poems

Kenneth Koch, who has already considerably "stretched our ideas of what it is possible to do in poetry" (David Lehman), here takes on the classic poetic device of apostrophe, or direct address. His use of it gives him yet another chance to say things never said before in prose or in verse and, as we...

Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry

From one of the most esteemed American poets of the twenty-first century comes a celebration of poetry and an invitation for anyone to experience its beauty and wonder.Full of fresh and exciting insights, Making Your Own Days illuminates the somewhat mysterious subject of poetry for those who read i...

The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch

Kenneth Koch has been called “one of our greatest poets” by John Ashbery, and “a national treasure” in the 2000 National Book Award Finalist Citation. Now, for the first time, all of the poems in his ten collections–from Sun Out, poems of the 1950s, to Thank You, published in 1962, to A Possible Wor...

One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays

On the Edge: Collected Long Poems

On the Edge is a collection of the six longer masterpieces by one of the most beloved and accomplished poets of our time.Full of exclamation and exaggeration but also graced with dry wit and comic sophistication, these poems contain some of Kenneth Koch’s most original work. When the Sun Tries to Go...

Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry

The classic, inspiring account of a poet's experience teaching school children to write poetry When Kenneth Koch entered the Manhattan classrooms of P.S. 61, the children, excited by the opportunity to work with an instructor able to inspire their talent and energy, would clap and shout with pleasu...

Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?: Teaching Great Poetry to Children

A classic that revolutionized the way children are taught to read and write poetry. The celebrated poet Kenneth Koch conveys the imaginative splendor of great poetry—by Blake, Donne, Stevens, Lorca, and others—and then shows how it maybe taught so as to help children write poetry of their own. For t...

I Never Told Anybody

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Kenward Elmslie, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler

On the Edge: Poems

Seasons on Earth

Wishes, Lies and Dreams

Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry

On the Edge: Collected Long Poems

Straits : Poems

New Addresses: Poems