Valentines / Ted Kooser ; with a new introduction by the poet ; Illustrated by Robert Hanna.
Material type: TextPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008.Description: ix, 47 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0803217706 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780803217706 (cloth : alk. paper)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 811.54 K82 | Available | 33111005739004 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
For Valentine's Day 1986, Ted Kooser wrote "Pocket Poem" and sent the tender, thoughtful composition to fifty women friends, starting an annual tradition that would persist for the next twenty-one years. Printed on postcards, the poems were mailed to a list of recipients that eventually grew to more than 2,500 women all over the United States. Valentines collects Kooser's twenty-two years of Valentine's Day poems, complemented with illustrations by Robert Hanna and a new poem appearing for the first time. nbsp; Kooser's valentine poems encompass all the facets of the holiday: the traditional hearts and candy, the brilliance and purity of love, the quiet beauty of friendship, and the bittersweetness of longing. Some of the poems use the word valentine , others do not, but there is never any doubt as to the purpose of Kooser's creations.