Valentine for Ernest Mann

Naomi Shihab Nye

16 pages 32-minute read

Naomi Shihab Nye

Valentine for Ernest Mann

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1994

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When eighth grader Ernest Mann asked Naomi Shihab Nye to mail him a poem on Valentine's Day, he unknowingly inspired one of her most beloved works about finding beauty in unexpected places. Test your understanding of this intimate meditation on poetry, skunks with beautiful eyes, and the art of reinventing the ordinary world around us.

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