"Ron Koertge can elevate the ordinary places of America----the backyard, the classroom, the mall----into scenes of mock-epic significance. He can just as easily lower the mythic worlds of Superman, Ozymandias and Cinderella to a level just a few inches above the bathetic. And he does all this with a charming combination of wit and empathy, satire and sweetness." --Billy Collins "I would think a poem entitled Getting Tough with...
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