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Poet Valerie Worth is Inspired by Small Things

Poet Valerie Worth is a champion of the small. She writes small poems about small things. Literally.

Valerie Worth, is most famous for her “small poems,” poems for children about everyday objects. She said:

“As a child, I preferred reading and writing to everything else, and I still feel much the same way. I was also greatly attracted to ‘smallness,’ perhaps because throughout grade school I myself was the smallest in my class. My favorite fairy tale was ‘Catskin,’ about the princess given three ball gowns–one like the sun, one like the moon, and one like the stars–packed up in a walnut shell; and the idea of such magnificence hidden inside so plain and tiny a thing not only fascinates me still, but also has served as a model for many of my poems.” (from Writer’s Almanac)

Her books include Small Poems (1972), Small Poems Again (1986), and Curlicues: The Fortunes of Two Pug Dogs (1980). Here is a poem from More Small Poems. Published by Farrar, Straus a

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Valerie Worth

American poet

Valerie Worth

BornValerie Worth
(1933-10-29)October 29, 1933
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedJuly 31, 1994(1994-07-31) (aged 60)
Clinton, New York, United States
OccupationWriter and poet
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature
SpouseGeorge Bahlke

Valerie Worth Bahlke (October 29, 1933 – July 31, 1994) was an American poet and writer of children's books under her maiden name, Valerie Worth.

Biography

Valerie Worth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where her father taught biology at Swarthmore College. In 1947, the family moved to Tampa, Florida for four years, and then spent a year in Bangalore, India.[1] Worth returned to Swarthmore for college, where in 1955 she received an English Degree with High Honors.[2] Shortly after graduation, she married George Bahlke. After a few peripatetic years, the couple eventually settled in Clinton, New York, where her husband taught at Kirkland College. At an informal write

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