Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Brothers Architecture Figures

Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Brothers Architecture 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 Brothers 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. In this wonderful mini anthology of poems celebrating brothers (a companion to Ten Poems about Sisters) we meet brothers of

Natural Toy

Baldwin from the December 6

The Sweet Style of Ernest Hemingway from the December 30

There’s a poem about setting off through city streets to find a river and a heron

For two players

Sparkle Plenty from the June 24

we make our promises gently

Henry David Thoreau joined his father’s pencil business and rediscovered a French formula for kiln-fired pencil leads—a mix of finely ground granite and clay—that could be reliably graded from hard to soft

in sizes to fit all genders

Last Testament from the August 9

Early Wilson from the September 28

from the October 31