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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Inc
Publication date
October 18, 2005
Pages
88
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375503825
ISBN-10
037550382X
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Original list price
$22.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
An all-new collection of poetry by America's former Poet Laureate features witty, insightful, and simple poems dealing with the themes of jazz, the passage of time, love, boyhood, and writing. 50,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With his distinct voice and accessible language, Americaâs two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed.
Like the present bookâs title, Collinsâs poems are filled with mischief, humor, and irony, âPoetry speaks to all people, it is said, but here I would like to address / only those in my own time zoneââbut also with quiet observation, intense wonder, and a reverence for the everyday: âThe birds are in their trees, / the toast is in the toaster, / and the poets are at their windows. / They are at their windows in every section of the tangerine of earthâthe Chinese poets looking up at the moon, / the American poets gazing out / at the pink and blue ribbons of sunrise.â
Through simple language, Collins shows that good poetry doesnât have to be obscure or incomprehensible, qualities that are perhaps the real trouble with most âseriousâ poetry: âBy now, it should go without saying / that what the oven is to the baker / and the berry-stained blouse to the drycleaner / so the window is to the poet.â
In this dazzling new collection, his first in three years, Collins explores boyhood, jazz, love, the passage of time, and, of course, writingâthemes familiar to Collinsâs fans but made new here. Gorgeous, funny, and deeply empathetic, Billy Collinsâs poetry is a window through which we see our lives as if for the first time.
Like the present bookâs title, Collinsâs poems are filled with mischief, humor, and irony, âPoetry speaks to all people, it is said, but here I would like to address / only those in my own time zoneââbut also with quiet observation, intense wonder, and a reverence for the everyday: âThe birds are in their trees, / the toast is in the toaster, / and the poets are at their windows. / They are at their windows in every section of the tangerine of earthâthe Chinese poets looking up at the moon, / the American poets gazing out / at the pink and blue ribbons of sunrise.â
Through simple language, Collins shows that good poetry doesnât have to be obscure or incomprehensible, qualities that are perhaps the real trouble with most âseriousâ poetry: âBy now, it should go without saying / that what the oven is to the baker / and the berry-stained blouse to the drycleaner / so the window is to the poet.â
In this dazzling new collection, his first in three years, Collins explores boyhood, jazz, love, the passage of time, and, of course, writingâthemes familiar to Collinsâs fans but made new here. Gorgeous, funny, and deeply empathetic, Billy Collinsâs poetry is a window through which we see our lives as if for the first time.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Random House Inc (October 18, 2005)
9780375503825 | details & prices | 88 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $22.95
About: An all-new collection of poetry by America's former Poet Laureate features witty, insightful, and simple poems dealing with the themes of jazz, the passage of time, love, boyhood, and writing.
About: An all-new collection of poetry by America's former Poet Laureate features witty, insightful, and simple poems dealing with the themes of jazz, the passage of time, love, boyhood, and writing.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Random House Inc (March 13, 2007)
9780375755217 | details & prices | 88 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $15.00
About: A collection of poetry by America's former Poet Laureate features witty, insightful, and simple poems dealing with the themes of jazz, the passage of time, love, boyhood, and writing.
About: A collection of poetry by America's former Poet Laureate features witty, insightful, and simple poems dealing with the themes of jazz, the passage of time, love, boyhood, and writing.
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