Good Poems for Hard Times

Categories: Poetry

"This is a book of poems that if I knew you better and if you were in a hard passage I might send you one or two of along with a note, the way people used to do, believing in the bracing effect of bold writing....  I hope it does you some good." 

So writes Garrison Keillor in his wonderfully rambling introduction to Good Poems for Hard Times.  Following his first book of selected poetry - simply titled Good Poems - this collection offers thoughtfulness, courage, and a bit of humor to help navigate the occasionally bumpy roads of life.

Mr. Keillor also advances the therapeutic effect of poetry via               The Writer's Almanac, comprised of literary tidbits and a daily poem,     to be read online or heard locally on the air Monday through Friday at 9:55 pm on WVXU 91.7 fm.

During challenging times such as these a few artfully arranged words can make all the difference.