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This respected Amherst, Massachusetts poet was a famously thrifty and eccentric New Englander called by Robert Frost America's most neglected poem; his first volume was "Stand With Me Here" (1936), and while he published few volumes, his concise, intense, deeply personal verse gained him a loyal following. Item #41738
TMS on inner panel of a 6½" X 4½" heavy stock Christmas card, n.p., n.y. Fine. Front glossy panel features color photograph of lit candles amidst sprigs of evergreen and poinsettias and "Season's Greetings" card against blue background; opening at top, the lower inside panel displays a printed seasonal message in red, while the blank upper panel features a greeting so carefully phrased it's not a stretch to consider it an unrhymed poem. Titled "For all the children in Mr. Bean's class," it reads: "Thank you, thank you, for your gifts -- the / Thanksgiving card and the Christmas card, / the paperweight that you made, and the stamps. / May Christmas bless you all. / With love," and boldly signed in black ballpoint. Most unusual, one of a kind and quite attractive. Undated, but likely of early 1980s vintage.
Price: $95.00