BOOK REVIEW - Valentines
Submitted by WebAdmin on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:45.
By Ted Kooser
Illustrated By Robert Hanna
University of Nebraska, 2008, $14.95
A perfect pick for grown-up lovers and beloveds, Valentines, by former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Ted Kooser, is a collection of poems sent over the years to women - many of them friends of his wife, who "didn't seem to mind." Here's a sample:
THIS PAPER BOAT
Carefully placed upon the future,
it tips from the breeze and skims away,
frail thing of words, this valentine,
so far to sail. And if you find it
caught in the reeds, its message blurred,
the thought that you are holding it
a moment is enough for me.
Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings of Kooser's Nebraskan landscape, each and every page is made to be folded, mailed, opened, read, and treasured.
Illustrated By Robert Hanna
University of Nebraska, 2008, $14.95
A perfect pick for grown-up lovers and beloveds, Valentines, by former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Ted Kooser, is a collection of poems sent over the years to women - many of them friends of his wife, who "didn't seem to mind." Here's a sample:
THIS PAPER BOAT
Carefully placed upon the future,
it tips from the breeze and skims away,
frail thing of words, this valentine,
so far to sail. And if you find it
caught in the reeds, its message blurred,
the thought that you are holding it
a moment is enough for me.
Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings of Kooser's Nebraskan landscape, each and every page is made to be folded, mailed, opened, read, and treasured.
