Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Mothers Dance Figures

Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Mothers Dance FiguresA greeting that not only gives great pleasure but illuminates our liveslike a message in a bottle.Robert McCrum, writer and editor Ten Poems about Mothers is a title in the Instead of a Card series, based on the idea that sending a greeting card is a lovely gesture, and sending a booklet of poetry an even more meaningful one. This much loved mini anthology features poems celebrating all kinds of mothers. Theres the mother who cant help cooking for

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