Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play among Figures of Speech: (A Lyrical Book of Poems That Invites Readers Into Nature, Wonder, and Creative Expression)

“A finer collection of poetry you couldn’t hope to find . . . Wanek and Kooser revel in evocative metaphors that are deepened and appreciated with the aid of Richard Jones’ hypnotic watercolors.”—NPR.org

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 bra...