Pearl S. Buck wrote no poetry for the public eye (though she permitted a few verses to appear in her biography). In her lifetime she published scores of novels, short stories, and essays. Her poetry, however, was her private domain, and the verses she wrote -- her 'Words of Love' -- were inscribed in her treasure book, the journal she kept for her most intimate words and thoughts. Now a selection of these poems is published, and they reveal once again the versatility of one of America's most beloved writers. Written over a period of years, they explore the many moods of love and the subtleties of the human heart Pearl Buck knew so well. Some are joyous, some sad, but all reflect the richness of a spirit which reached out to others.--