Kenneth Koch died on July 6, 2002. He was Professor of English at Columbia. During his lifetime, he published at least thirty volumes of poetry and plays. He was also the author of a novel, The Red Robins; two books on teaching poetry writing to children, Wishes, Lies, and Dreams and Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?; and I Never Told Anybody: Teaching Poetry Writing in a Nursing Home. A new collection of his poetry, A Possible World, and Sun Out: Selected Poems 1952–54, will be published this fall. (August 2002)
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Proverb
August 15, 2002
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Zones
June 27, 2002
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To Psychoanalysis
April 13, 2000
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To Old Age
December 2, 1999
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The Language of Poetry
May 14, 1998
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One Train May Hide Another
April 8, 1993
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Senegal
December 20, 1984
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The Simplicity of the Unknown Past
July 19, 1979
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Memorial for F.W. Dupee
May 3, 1979
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Our Hearts
April 28, 1977
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William Ross’s Poem
February 17, 1977
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I Never Told Anybody Teaching Poetry Writing in a Nursing Home
January 20, 1977
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Some General Instructions
January 23, 1975
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The Circus
April 18, 1974
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Teaching Great Poetry to Children
September 20, 1973
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Alive for An Instant
November 30, 1972
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First Trip to China
March 23, 1972
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Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry
April 9, 1970

