Artists and poets from the past come to life in this series of twenty-four portrait poems by Charles Ghigna. Each portrait is written as a personal letter in the literary form known as the apostrophe and preceded by an introductory quote by each subject. Step inside and discover new revelations about your favorite artists and poets as Ghigna presents a series of hints and observations about each of these artists and poets who shaped how we view art and poetry today.

Charles Ghigna--Father Goose®--lives in a treehouse in the middle of Alabama. He is the author of more than one hundred books from Random House, Simon & Schuster, Time Inc., Disney, Hyperion, Scholastic, and other publishers. He has written more than five thousand poems for children and adults. His work appears in anthologies, newspapers, and magazines ranging from The New Yorker and Harper's to Highlights and Cricket. He served as poet-in-residence and chair of creative writing at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, instructor of creative writing at Samford University, and as a nationally syndicated feature writer for Tribune Media.
Chip Ghigna lives in Birmingham, Alabama. His paintings appear in galleries, corporations, and private collections throughout the U.S. and France.