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Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech

by Ted Kooser

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Published
2022
Genre
Poetry
Pages
72

Reading measures

Suggested reading age
ages 6–11

"A freewheeling romp through the world of imagery and metaphor, this quietly startling collection of thirty poems, framed by the four elements, is about art and reality, fact and fancy. Look around: what do you see? A clown balancing a pie in a tree, or an empty nest perched on a leafless branch? As poet Connie Wanek alludes to in her afterword--a lively dialogue with former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser--sometimes the simplest sights and sounds "summon our imaginations" and cry out to be clothed in the alchemical language of poetry. This compendium of the fleeting and unexpected turns the everyday--turtles, trees, and tadpoles; cow pies, lazy afternoons, and pillowy white marshmallows--into poetic gold." -- Amazon.com.

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ISBN

ISBN-13
9781536203035
ISBN-10
1536203033

Tags

ALSC NotablesArts-Misc./OtherFantasy/Imagination-ImaginationLanguagePoetryPoetry/Rhymes-Poetry/RhymesScience-Nature