Marshmallow Clouds

Marshmallow CloudsBy: Ted Kooser, Connie Wanek Illustrator: Richard Jones Celebrated poets Ted Kooser along with Connie Wanek, and illustrator Richard Jones, explore figures of speech in a spirited and magical wayand invite our imaginations out to play. 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

and mobility

and the movies Parasite and Rear Window

To her parents’ despair

Relying on his instincts for self-preservation

and that's exactly where Julian and Huey end up

This tale of plucky persistence

there’s most likely a very good reason: you

Between blood relations

while Darth Sidious plots to strike the final staggering blow against the Republic–and to ordain a fearsome new Sith Lord: Darth Vader

and Teddy's favorite--ice cream sundaes

knowing prose matters of the heart and the meaning of family

and the often Byzantine intricacies of our judicial system