"Selecting a Reader" by Ted Kooser details the ideal poem reader by using a hopeful tone and metaphors. "Walking carefully up" is a metaphor for a fledgling reader, someone who is only just being introduced to poetry. Combined with being "damp at the neck" or 'wet behind the ears' means that Ted Kooser wanted to educate people about poetry. It doesn't really matter what their social status is, even if they do not have money to clean their raincoat, he wants them. However, they should be practical, someone who looks through a book but then thinks about their decision to buy it. By using metaphors in "Selecting a Reader" Ted Kooser portrays his ideal reader as a practical newcomer to poetry.
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