Sharing poetry with the masses Poet laureate aims to bring works on air, online and to everyone.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March, 2004 | by Burnett, Sara

Byline: Sara Burnett Daily Herald Staff Writer DUNLAP, Ill. -The wide window in Kevin Stein's garage office looks out on the family's apple trees, a wooded ravine and the neighbors' bare farm fields. He has a small wood-burning stove to keep him warm in winter, a "museum" of shelves filled with birds' nests, dead toads and other bits of nature that catch his eye during walks around the family's property.

On the walls hang pictures of the Colorado ski town where the poet and college professor spent last year's sabbatical. It is the definition of peaceful and quiet. Not that Stein has enjoyed much of either lately. Since being named Illinois' fourth poet laureate in December, Stein has found himself in the unusual position of being constantly busy....