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Nebraska State Poet William Kloefkom and some of his published works in his
office at Nebraska Wesleyan University. A Kansas native, Kloefkom has been
teaching at Wesleyan since 1962.
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Doris walks barefooted down to the river,
there to wash the loincloths and the shirts
She will be gone all day, growing darker in the sun,
speaking her small songs to the curfews and the salmon
I'll meanwhile empty the dishwasher, prepare the ice,
watch television, doze and dream of that initial martini.
After which we will catch the first rocket up.
Venus this week, I believe, something routine and casual,
a game of cosmos on the way back, a carafe or two
of unmolested light.
She comes up the path, as always, carrying clean clothes
and two tadfroles in a jelly jar.
As always, she wants to lake them with us to Venus
You just never know what might happen while we're gone,
she says, and, as always, unwilling to disagree,
I grunt just three limes, slowly
- poem 16 from ‘Honeymoon” by William Klocfkorn
Byjoeth Zueco
Senior Editor
1 he office door stands open
revealing a wall full of books,
antiques and stuffed pigs. The
desk is neatly cluttered with
work. And two worn leather
chairs beckon sitters and friends.
There's a homey, comfortable
feeling in William Kloefkorn’s
office. He is a professor of Eng
lish at Nebraska Wesleyan Uni
versity, a homebody -- and the
Nebraska State Poet,
i Klocfkorn has been writing
poetry for about 19 years, he
said. 1 le wrote fiction previously
but became frustrated with it. He
said that he began reading con
temporary poets and found it
compelling.
"1 felt I might be able to draw
on my background as a small
town Kansas boy," he said. "I
didn’t know so much poetry was
being written. I didn’t know I
could draw on my own experi
ences.”
Kioefkom said that he liked
the tighter form of poetry and
foundit challenging and intrigu
* »ng.
I “I found it exciting at Am and
still do," he said.
Although he was discouraged
with his fiction writing, he said
he hasn’t given up. He said that
he carries notion techniques into
his series poems.
“It’s (series poems) a compro
mise between poetry and fic
tion," Kioefkom said. "It tells a
story and leaves gaps for the
reader to fill in."
Kioefkom said that he had
good luck with poetry from the
start. He said he only had to send
out packets two or three times
before getting placed.
“I think that’s why I kept writ
ing,” he said. "I was encouraged
by that.
"I had an early poem in the
‘Prairie Schooner’ and that was a
big encouragement for me."
Kloefkorn, who is originally
from Attica, Kan., said he fo
cuses his writing on farm sub
jects because that’s where he
started writing.
"It wasn’t the land, the farm
anymore than it was the people
on the farm,” he said. "My grand
father was an inspiration to me.
I borrowed his farm and dis
guised myself with his name. His
values and attitudes influenced
mine.”
William Faulkner and Mark
Twain are two of Kloefkorn’s
primary writing influences. He
said he looks to them for their
prose writing. Once he started
writing and reading others’
works, he said he’s had ongoing
influences.
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him statewide recognition. He
was named the Nebraska State
Poet. A committee recom
mended him to Gov. Charles
Thone, the Legislature passed it
and k was accepted by a procla
mation.
Tfs a recognition that calls
attention to the arts in general
and writing in particular,” he
said, 'The recognition has no
strings attached. That’s the real
plus — there shouldn’t be any
strings. That way you can go on
doing what you ’re doing. I think
that’s a very healthy way of
going about it.”
Kloefkom said he felt hon
ored by the recognition.
"It means some of my poems
have apparently reached some
ale and that’s what 1 wanted
). It means some people
have faith in your work ... that
you’re saying some things in
your poems that matter and they
can fairly represent the area.”
In the 20 years he’s been writ
ing, Kloefkorn said he’s put out
almost a book a year. He has 17
titles to date and released two
books this year: “Where the Vis
ible Sun Is” and “Drinking the
Tin Cup Dry.” He just finished
“Going Out, Coming Back”
which should be released next
year.
Writing is a big part of
Kloefkorn’s life, but not the only
part. He said that he writes
something every day and reads a
lot. He also participates in read
ings and workshops. His leach
ing and family are equally im
portant, he said, adding that he
nas four children and seven
grandchildren
‘They’re a lot of fun.’’
In addition to his recognition
as a writer, Kloefkorn is known
for his championship hog call
ing. One year when he went to
Nebiaskaland Days in North
Platte, he entered the hog calling
contest and won first place and a
trophy. A newspaper picked up
riw»«tory*nd then national tele
vision A quick peek into his
office proves it - pigs decorate
the shelves, desk and floor. He
said that he’s received almost all
of it from students and friends.
Kloefkorn said that if he
wasn’t doing what he does he’d
be “makin’ up country western
songs, bad ones. And trying to
sell them to Randy Travis, T.G.
Sheppard, The Judds, Ricky van
Shelton ....
“Or it might be fun to travel
around, local or otherwise, but
not for very long. I’m a home
body.”
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