... Ashbery, Levis, Crane, Stevens, Koch, Whitman, Byron (in Don Juan), Wordsworth, Bidart, Lynda Hull ... the list goes on.
On May 31, 2012—the same day as Walt Whitman's birthday—Koo founded Brooklyn Poets, a nonprofit for the literary arts in New York City.
[13] Previously he had taught and directed the English MA program at Lehman College; near the end of his contract, Koo thought to himself, "why not try to design my ideal poetry curriculum and see if I can teach students privately and make ends meet that way, rather than getting paid next to nothing as an adjunct teaching composition?"
Shortly after founding Brooklyn Poets, Koo was hired to teach in the English department at Quinnipiac University.
[14] Brooklyn Poet's programming includes workshops, mentorship through a network called The Bridge, monthly events, writer's retreats, and a reading series.