POETRY:  Garrison Keillor loves poetry. Each day, public radio listeners hear him read one of his favorite poems on The Writer’s Almanac. He has published three previous poetry collections: 3 Doz. Poems (the most popular poems from the radio program), Good Poems (classic and contemporary poems), and Good Poems for Hard Times (consoling, rousing, and truthful poems to raise flagging spirits).


Fans of A Prairie Home Companion know that Keillor also writes poetry--sonnets, in fact. He occasionally reads one of his own sonnets on the air, and it’s a rare treat.


Sonnets 1983-2008 collects Keillor’s own poems, written over the past twenty-something years. Many of the sonnets deal with love in its many forms, while others concentrate on matters such as faith and work. Written from the heart, featuring music by Rich Dworsky, these poems will please anyone who believes that poetry is a good thing and love is even better.