02403nam 2200529 a 450 991081219970332120200520144314.01-281-21353-597866112135340-8032-1858-3(CKB)1000000000483912(EBL)332894(OCoLC)437200628(SSID)ssj0000266473(PQKBManifestationID)11204498(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266473(PQKBWorkID)10305562(PQKB)11209374(MiAaPQ)EBC332894(Au-PeEL)EBL332894(CaPaEBR)ebr10217011(EXLCZ)99100000000048391220070904d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrValentines /Ted Kooser ; with a new introduction by the poet ; Illustrated by Robert Hanna1st ed.Lincoln University of Nebraska Press20081 online resource (65 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-1770-6 Title Page; Copyright Page; Author's Note; Illustrator's Note; Pocket Poem; A Perfect Heart; Chocolate Checkers; A Heart of Gold; Home Storage Barns; Barn Owl; Song of the Ironing Board; In a Light Late-Winter Wind; The Celery Heart; For you, friend,; In the Alley; Tracks; The Bluet; If you feel Sorry; A Map of the World; Inventory; Skater; Screech Owl; Splitting an Order; A New Potato; Oh, Mariachi Me; This Paper Boat; The Hog-nosed SnakeFor 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.Valentine's DayPoetryValentine's Day811/.54Kooser Ted1650625MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812199703321Valentines4000081UNINA