[applause] >> funding for overheard with evaa smith issprovided in parr by hillco partners, texas governments global health care ccnsulting business unit, hillco health. and by he mattson mchale foundation in support of public television. and also by mfi foundation, improvinggthe quality of life withinnour community. and also by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and viewers likk you. thaak you.

[applause] >> funding for overheard with evaa smith issprovided in parr by hillco partners, texas governments global health care ccnsulting business unit, hillco health. and by he mattson mchale foundation in support of public television. and also by mfi foundation, improvinggthe quality of life withinnour community. and also by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and viewers likk you. thaak you. garrison keillor: a native of california, kay ryan taught basic english at the college of marin for more than 30 years. appointed united states poet laureate in 2008, she's the author of six books, including the niagara river, flamingo watching and say uncle. she says her poems don't begin with images or sounds but the way an oyster does, with an aggravation. "turtle." who would be a turtle who could help it? a barely mobile hard roll, a four-oared helmet, she can ill afford the chances she must take in rowing toward the grasses that she eats. her track is graceless, like dragging a packing case places, and almost any slope defeats her modest hopes. even being practical, she's often stuck up to th