Valentines

by Ted Kooser

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803217706
• ISBN13: 9780803217706
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Pleasant thoughts

My husband & I used to know a wonderful couple, who over the years, the husband would send birthday cards to the wives of his friends, with a little verse and a balloon! I'll never forget his kindness & bringing a smile to the "birthday girl".

Poetry bites!

Little shots of verse, perfect for quick readings. This is a good one to take to the coffee shop to read in-between people watching.

Love poetry

"Valentines" is not the typical Valentine's Day sentimental poetry. The poems are 'homespun' and reflect the history of the prairie. Each poem is illustrated by line drawings of Robert Hanna. Mr. Kooser wrote and sent one poem each year on postcards to women friends for 21 years. This book is a compilation of them. Each poem touched me in a different way. Marvelous.