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Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play among Figures of Speech

Ted Kooser, Connie Wanek

This collection brings together 26 free-verse poems by two poets, organized around fire, water, air, and earth. The poems reconsider ordinary and unusual sights, events, and feelings through imagery and metaphor: tadpoles resemble punctuation, July is compared to a boiled peanut, and a nighttime storm moves through a house in startling ways. Each poem has a full-page illustration. Notes from the poets and two additional poems appear at the end, returning to the role of imagination. The collection uses fresh perspectives to explore a broad range of subjects.

This book appears on 4 reading lists across 2 editions from 4 organizations.

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Book details

Themes
Art And Creativity · Imagination · Nature · Weather And Climate · Writing And Storytelling
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
March 15, 2022
ISBN-13
9781536203035
Language
English
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