Kenneth Koch (1925 - 2002)

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Kenneth Koch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 27, 1925. He studied at Harvard University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, and attended Columbia University for his Ph.D. Many critics found Koch's early work obscure, such as Poems (1953), and the epic Ko, or A Season on Earth (1959), yet remarked upon his subsequent writing for its clarity, lyricism, and humor, such as in The Art of Love (1975), which was praised as a graceful, humorous book. His other collections of po.. Continue..

Some of Kenneth Koch Poems

One Train May Hide Another

Variations On A Theme By William Carlos Williams

The Boiling Water

To Various Persons Talked To All At Once

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	Also, I liked John Cage's music. I liked it for its craziness, the use of silence, the boldness-anything to get me away from writing about... I don't know what academic poets write about.

- Kenneth Koch

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