Kenneth Koch

TO MY TWENTIES How lucky that I ran into you When everything was possible For my legs and arms, and with hope in my heart And so happy to see any woman

I love collections :-) One of Kenneth Koch’s ideas in Wishes, Lies, and Dreams was to sprinkle a poem with Spanish colors (which grew into other words too).

Here are some examples from kids in Kenneth Koch’s class: A butterfly is like a flying rainbow. Clouds are like flying ice cream. Hair is like spaghetti.

Kenneth KOCH (1925-2002) Poeta, dramaturg, wieloletni wykładowca Columbia University. Jeden z czołowych przedstawicieli "szkoły nowojorskiej".

The study of literature at Columbia in the sixties was exciting in the presence of the poet, Kenneth Koch, the critics, Lionel Trilling, Moses Hadas, and Jacques Barzun.