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Poem for My Twentieth Birthday
Kenneth Koch, “Poem for My Twentieth Birthday” from Poetry 67 (November 1945). Used by permission of the Estate of Kenneth Koch.
Source: Poetry (November 1945).
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Biography
Prize-winning author Kenneth Koch published numerous collections of poetry, avant-garde plays, and short fiction while also serving as one of the nation's best-known creative writing teachers during a career that spanned over five decades. Associated with the New York School of poetry for most of his career, Koch used surrealism, satire, irony, and an element of surprise in many of his poems. However, "his satires are more than . . .
Poems by Kenneth Koch
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Growing Old, Time & Brevity, Living
SCHOOL / PERIOD New York School
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