Valentines / Ted Kooser ; with a new introduction by the poet ; Illustrated by Robert Hanna.

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 eventual...

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Main Author: Kooser, Ted
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008.
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Summary: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
Physical Description:ix, 47 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9780803217706 (cloth : alk. paper)
0803217706 (cloth : alk. paper)