search articles:     from the issue of December 1, 2005         Kooser, poetry featured on NET Television special He transforms ordinary life into the extraordinary via his poetry. He is Ted Kooser, the United States' 13th Poet Laureate, and the subject of a new NET Television special, "Ted Kooser's Poetic World," airing 8:30 p.m. Dec. 5, repeating 5 p.m. Dec. 10 on NET1 and in high-definition on NET-HD. In addition to reading selections of his work, Kooser takes viewers on a thoughtful and philosophical journey as he talks about his poetry, how he writes it and his ambitious goal of making poetry an everyday experience for us all. The program also follows Kooser to the office of the Poet Laureate of the United States in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Named the US 13th Poet Laureate in 2004, the Garland, Neb., resident is the author of 10 collections of poetry, including "Delights & Shadows," which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005. In a segment taped last April at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the program also features Kooser and five other Nebraska poets, including Nebraska State Poet Bill Kloefkorn of Lincoln; and local poets Mikah Tacha of Bertrand; Mary Strong Jackson of Scottsbluff; Lyn DeNaeyer-Messersmith of Cherry County; and Dominique Garay of Lincoln. "Ted Kooser's Poetic World," underwritten in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Center for the Book and the Nebraska Library Commission, is a production of University Television for broadcast on NET Television. Annie Mumgaard is producer/director. GO TO: ISSUE OF DECEMBER 1 ARTS HEADLINES FOR DECEMBER 1 'Millie' flaps into Lied Center Dec. 7-9 American Life in Poetry BFA Capstone exhibition opens Dec. 5 Brickman brings friends to help celebrate the holiday with music Kooser, poetry featured on NET Television special NET Radio plays 'Christus,' other holiday favorites Ross to play Christmas in the Clouds Signing, reception for Sheldon book Dec. 2 732281S35259X