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Kenneth Koch

(27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002 / Ohio / United States)

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an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. He was a prominent poet of the New York School of poetry, a loose group of poets including Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery that eschewed contemporary introspective poetry in favor of an exuberant, cosmopolitan style that drew major inspiration from travel, painting, and music. more >>

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''"Something there is that doesn't hump a sump,"
He said; and through his head she saw a cloud
That seemed to twinkle.''

Kenneth Koch (b. 1925), U.S. poet. Mending Sump (l. 5-7). . . Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d...

''He's come to die
Or else to laugh, for hay is dried-up grass
When you're alone."''

Kenneth Koch (b. 1925), U.S. poet. Mending Sump (l. 9-11). . . Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2...

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