About Ron Koertge and Court Green

Today's poem is "'Never Let Your Reader's Attention Wander.'"

from Court Green

Ron Koertge was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He now lives in Louisiana, where he is a lawyer at Innocence Project New Orleans. His first full-length collection, Flowers, was published by Canarium in 2010, and his long poem, Inspector vs. Evader, will soon be re-published online by Ugly Duckling Presse.
Other poems by Ron Koertge in Verse Daily:
December 12, 2009: [Emerson said, "Every word was once an animal." Re: bunny.] "Emerson said, "Every word was once an animal." Re: bunny...."
Books by Ron Koertge:

Other poems on the web by Ron Koertge:
"Fault"
“'Do You Have Any Advice For Those of Us Just Starting Out?'"
Three poems
"Seven Brides For Seven Brothers"
"First Grade"
About Court Green:

About Court Green:

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Other poems by Court Green in Verse Daily:
May 25, 2011: "Actually Present" by Paul Killebrew
May 23, 2011: "Flowers, For Frank" by Larry Sawyer
May 7, 2010: "Prayer for Teeth" by James Hoch
May 6, 2010: "Arise, Therefore" by Elaine Bleakney
February 5, 2009: Five poems by Sarah J. Sloat
February 3, 2009: "Hopkins Palindrome" by Aaron Belz
February 2, 2009: "Scullery" by Sarah J. Sloat
January 31, 2008: "The History of Bluegrass" by Jeffrey Bahr
January 30, 2008: "War Story" by Sarah Murphy
January 28, 2008: "The Blue Sylvia" by Terrance Hayes
March 15, 2007: "The Cry Bone's Connected to the Why Bone" by Jenny Browne
March 14, 2007: "Blackout" by Derek Mong
March 13, 2007: "New Year's Eve" by Nate Pritts

August 17, 2006: "Runaway Model" by James Shea
August 16, 2006: "Poem: A Tramp Shining (for Jimmy Webb)" by Richard Fox
August 15, 2006: "Poem: There Might Be Beauty" by Donald Revell

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