Across rural America, the number of farms is declining and abandoned farm houses are often just left behind. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser writes about an "Abandoned Farmhouse" and finds clues to lives left behind in the details that he finds.

Ted Kooser reads his poem Abandoned Farmhouse

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Ted Kooser reads his poem Abandoned Farmhouse

Ted Kooser reads his poem Abandoned Farmhouse