with his bucket
for the foamy white light,
and then a long day in the pasture.
I too spend my days grazing,
feasting on every green moment
till darkness calls,
and with the others
I walk away into the night,
swinging the little tin bell
of my name.

~Ted Kooser

Ted Kooser is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, who won the award in 2005 for his book of poems called Delights and Shadows.  He is the author of 12 books of poetry and served two terms as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.

Interestingly, Kooser is the former vice-presidnet of an insurance company and is now a visiting English professor.  He lives in a village near Garland, Nebraska and much of his poetry is influence by the Great Plains.