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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. 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.
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- Published on: 2015-03-01
- Released on: 2015-03-01
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Valentines, by Ted Kooser From Publishers Weekly In 1986, Kooser (U.S. poet laureate 2004–2006) started a tradition. He sent a Valentine's Day poem on a postcard to 50 women. Over the past 30 years, he's sent his annual poem to an increasing number of women (in 2007 there were 2,600 recipients). This collection presents all the postcard poems plus one more, dedicated to Kooser's wife, Kathleen. Accompanied by drawings by Robert Hanna, each poem is a unique snapshot of love. The poet says it best himself: all my life, I have wanted nothing so much as the love of women. (Feb.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist Even the best things come to an end, and a better end than this little book to Kooser’s 21-year practice of sending a Valentine’s Day poem to, first, 50 female friends and, eventually, all the women who asked for it (some 2,600 at last count) is hard to imagine. He wrote for fun, he says, as well as affection, and although “all my life I have wanted nothing so much / as the love of women,” flirtatiousness is as erotic as these poems get. Most etch incidents of loving companionship, patent in the poem about an old man cutting a sandwich in half for his wife and himself, understood in the one about feeling a bond with garbage men extracting good flowers from a florist’s trash. Because Kooser is a master of such unpretentious scene-painting, these are poems of rich, Wordsworthian common feeling. They’ve nearly all appeared in Kooser’s previous collections, but especially as accompanied by Robert Hanna’s drawings, one per poem, of Kooser’s rural Nebraskan homeland, they’ve never seemed more like godsends—or valentines. --Ray Olson
Review “I am a bit stunned. I just found out that these valentines, addressed to me, all these years, are in fact part of a vast network of hearts, laced together by one man’s words, ‘a starburst compass pointing in all directions,’ an indescribable bon-bon-mot served every February 14th, now a complete feast, between these covers. What a gift.”—Debra Winger (Debra Winger)“Each poem is a unique snapshot of love. The poet says it best himself: ‘all my life, I have wanted nothing so much as the love of women.’”—Publishers Weekly (Publishers Weekly 2007-12-24)“Because Kooser is a master of such unpretentious scene-painting, these are poems of rich, Wordsworthian common feeling. . . . They’ve nearly all appeared in Kooser’s previous collections, but especially as accompanied by Robert Hanna’s drawings . . . they’ve never seemed more like godsends—or valentines!”—Booklist (Roy Olsen Booklist 2008-01-01)“The writing in this book is classic Kooser: simple images, down-to-earth language, insight, and uncommonly good sense, all of which combine to produce memorable, resonant endings. . . . The artwork, like the verse, is inviting, warm, and unpretentious.”—Elizabeth Lund, Christian Science Monitor (Elizabeth Lund The Christian Science Monitor 2008-02-12)“Over 22 years, Kooser has discovered a startling variety of ways to invert and enliven the vocabulary of romance, finding tender implications in even the mustiest Valentine’s symbols. . . . When it comes to his beloved(s), Kooser has generous eyes, offering always to keep her young. . . . Kooser’s poems do build a frisson, making the most of small moments of intimacy.”—Emily Nussbaum, New York Times Book Review (Emily Nussbaum New York Times Book Review 2008-03-09)“Forget about any Valentine you’ve seen in a grocery store aisle. These poems—touching, funny, ironic, and with the startling and always-fresh use of metaphor for which Kooser is known—are something else entirely.”— Nebraska Life (Nebraska Life 2008-02-28)“People who weren’t fortunate enough to make it onto Kooser’s Valentine’s list—which included such recipients as the novelist Louise Erdrich and the actress Debra Winter—do not have to sit home alone with an empty Valentine shoebox any longer. Ted Kooser’s Valentines will fill any shoebox to the brim with romance and wry insight.”—NewWest.net (NewWest.Net 2008-02-15)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Love poetry By G. Richards "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.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Love in all its forms By Auntie Annie This short collection presents poems Ted Kooser wrote and sent to various friends as valentines over a period of years. It covers romantic love, friendship, appreciation and other kinds of love, including love of mankind. Some of the poems are touching, some thoughtful and some humorous. This book makes a great addition to any poetry collection and is a good one to turn to when in need of a little positive reinforcement.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. It doesn't matter to me what selection you may make to begin to know his beautiful compositions. If you haven't this power of ob By Susan D Ted Kooser; Overall - I'm addressing this man as an artist that has the ability to move reality in jewel tones. It doesn't matter to me what selection you may make to begin to know his beautiful compositions. If you haven't this power of observation, then you are in for an experience that will shape the readers mind into multi-depths of wonderment. A sort that brings peace inwardly. Don't wait...get started.
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