Date Posted:13:43:05 03/05/09 Thu Author: ~butterfly Subject: My Edens After Burns
Especially for Val Kilmer fans, book collectors, and poetry lovers...
Front Cover of Val's poetry book
Here are some links for those looking for rare signed poetry books "My Edens after Burns" by Val Kilmer. 1987 Limited edition of 2000 paperbound copies. Published by Blue Feather Press 2884 Trades West Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here's a book listed as very good condition on ebay.
I noticed there were also other books available located on Amazon. There is one for a lower price, however it is not signed and listed as in good condition.
More book photos
Inside Book title page Artwork by author
Inside book VK photo back page
Back Cover with original price sticker right hand bottom corner
Val quotes - "Poetry is a very subjective and intimate expression. It's literally your heartbeat. Your rhythm. The song of your soul. It's super-concentrated. It's a dense piece of yourself."
Factoid: Val Kilmer is a distant cousin of the well known US poet Joyce Kilmer ( 1886 - 1918 )
Val also helped American Forests plant its 20 millionth tree and gave a reading of Joyce Kilmer's 'Trees' poem.
I did not include any poems from Val's book however
here is the poem he read at the tree planting ceremony:
~Trees~
by Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
