To Jewishness

Kenneth Koch

2001

As you were contained in
Or embodied by
Louise Schlossman
When she was a sophomore
At Walnut Hills
High School
In Cincinnati, Ohio,
I salute you
And thank you
For the fact
That she received
My kisses with tolerance
On New Year’s Eve
And was not taken aback
As she well might have been
Had she not had you
And had I not, too.
Ah, you!
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Creator Bio

Kenneth Koch

1925–2002

Born in Cincinnati, Kenneth Koch was a poet, playwright, short story author, and a professor of literature at Columbia University. He was associated with the New York School of poetry. Koch also created avant-garde dramatic performances and promoted the art of teaching poetry to wide audiences. Among his numerous honors were the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, the Bollingen Prize, and fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and Ingram-Merrill Foundations.

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