Editing Ted Kooser (section)

{{short description|American poet (born 1939)}}
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'''Theodore J. Kooser''' (born April 25, 1939)<ref>http://www.ameshistory.org/content/theodore-j-kooser</ref> is an American poet. He won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry|Pulitzer Prize in Poetry]] in 2005. He served as [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress]] from 2004 to 2006.<ref>{{cite web | title=Poet Laureate Timeline: 2001-present | url=https://www.loc.gov/poetry/laureate-2001-present.html | publisher=Library of congress| year=2009 | access-date=2009-01-01}}</ref> Kooser was one of the first poets laureate selected from the [[Great Plains]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://writersalmanac.org/bookshelf/ted-kooser/|title=Ted Kooser|last=Biles|first=Joy|website=The Writers Almanac}}</ref> and is known for his conversational style of poetry.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|title=Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture|last=Gioia|first=Dana|publisher=Gray wolf Press|year=1992}}</ref>