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The Trouble with Poetry And Other Poems

Author/creator	Collins, Billy, 1941- Author
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Random House Trade Paperbacks [Imprint] New York : Random House Publishing Group Westminster : Random House, Incorporated [Distributor]
Description	112 p. 08.010 x 05.190 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from ProQuest One Literature - U.S. Customers Only
Subjects	Poetry (Poetic Works By One Author)

Summary	Annotation Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins.""With his distinct voice and accessible language, America's two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed.Like the present book's title, Collins's poems are filled with mischief, humor, and irony, "Poetry speaks to all people, it is said, but here I would like to address / only those in my own time zone"-but also with quiet observation, intense wonder, and a reverence for the everyday: "The 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 earth-the Chinese poets looking up at the moon, / the American poets gazing out / at the pink and blue ribbons of sunrise."Through simple language, Collins shows that good poetry doesn't have to be obscure or incomprehensible, qualities that are perhaps the real trouble with most "serious" poetry: "By 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."In this dazzling new collection, his first in three years, Collins explores boyhood, jazz, love, the passage of time, and, of course, writing-themes familiar to Collins's fans but made new here. Gorgeous, funny, and deeply empathetic, Billy Collins's poetry is a window through which we see our lives as if for the first time."From the Hardcover edition."
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Awards note	Quill Awards (nominated), 2006
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9780375755217
ISBN	0375755217 (Perfect) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9780375755217
Stock number	00641902

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