Instead of a Card: Fourteen Poems about Kissing For the List Maker Robin Hoodo from the February

Robin Hoodo from the February 14

and Ezra Pound from the May 27

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Roberta Spear

Her work inspirations include nature and imagining the secret lives of woodland animals while on walks with her children

Instead of a Card: Fourteen Poems about Kissing For the List Maker Robin Hoodo from the FebruaryA greeting that not only gives great pleasure but illuminates our liveslike a message in a bottleRobert McCrum, writer and editor Fourteen Poems about Kissing 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. Most of us can remember our first kiss, whether it was glorious and transporting or merely awkward. Kissing, it transpires,