A POEM: Realizing again how poetry helps focus our emotions

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER SHENANDOAH, Iowa, Feb. 12, 2014 — Kathryn Ketcham, 96-year-old mother of my lifelong friend and high school classmate Bruce Ketcham, died in late January.  I’m really glad I was able to attend her funeral here in my ol’ hometown.  You know, I can hardly think of her as “Kathryn.” Even though she never would…