Today's Poem of the Day on the online website, Poetry Daily, is "Deer, December" by Richard Terrill, one of my graduate professors at Minnesota State University, Mankato. I love the vivid nature images in this poem and the surprising truth of the last line. The poem is from his new book, Almost Dark, published by University of Tampa Press. Terrill gave a wonderful reading from his book in October at Marshall Festival 2010, a writing conference hosted by Southwest Minnesota State University.
Terrill's other books include Coming Late to Rachmaninoff (Winner, Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, 2003), Fakebook: Improvisations on a Journey Back to Jazz, and Saturday Night in Baoding: A China Memoir (Winner, Associated Writing Programs Award for Nonfiction). Terrill is a terrific writer and an outstanding teacher, and I've learned much from him in the classroom and from reading his work.
Terrill's other books include Coming Late to Rachmaninoff (Winner, Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, 2003), Fakebook: Improvisations on a Journey Back to Jazz, and Saturday Night in Baoding: A China Memoir (Winner, Associated Writing Programs Award for Nonfiction). Terrill is a terrific writer and an outstanding teacher, and I've learned much from him in the classroom and from reading his work.
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