Valentine

See also: Carroll's original manuscript!

This poem, published as "Valentine" in Void of Course (p. 99), was first published in 1996 in a limited edition "collection" called Valentine. The image shown here is a scan of the poem as it was published, on a 2-3/8" x 8-1/2" strip of blue paper.

This poem is constructed from words and phrases in the letter the publisher sent to him inviting him to submit a poem, as shown in a scan of the actual letter with Carroll's instructions written on it.