Ronald Koertge (1940 - Present)

Ronald Koertge, born in Olney, Illinois, is the author of poetry collections like Dairy Cows, Life on the Edge of the Continent: Selected Poems, and Making Love to Roget’s Wife (University of Arkansas Press).
He has also written a novel, The Boogeyman, a lot of young adult novels, including Arizona Kid, Mariposa Blues, Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright, and Confess-O-Rama.

Koertge recently retired from Pasadena City College after 37 years of teaching.

The poems are by default sorted according to volume, but you can also choose to sort them alphabetically or by page views.

Page Views	Poem	Comments
4128	An Infinite Number Of Monkeys	14 Comments
3617	Sidekicks	1 Comment
2618	The Streetsweeper
2362	Fault