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Trouble with Poetry : And Other Poems by Billy Collins (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-10037550382X
ISBN-139780375503825
eBay Product ID (ePID)19038291731
Product Key Features
Book TitleTrouble with Poetry : and Other Poems
Number of Pages112 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, American / General, Poetry, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year2005
GenreLiterary Criticism, Poetry
AuthorBilly Collins
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-046562
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsPraise for Billy Collins "Using simple, understandable language, Collins captures ordinary lifeits pleasure, its discontents, its moments of sadness and of joy." USA Today "At once accessible and profound, [Collins's] work makes him a natural people's poet." Boston Herald "A poet of plenitude, irony, and Augustan grace." The New Yorker "A sort of poet not seen since Robert Frost." The Boston Globe "Collins reveals the unexpected within the ordinary. He peels back the surface of the humdrum to make the moment new." The Christian Science Monitor "It is difficult not to be charmed by Collins, and that in itself is a remarkable literary accomplishment." The New York Review of Books From the Hardcover edition., Praise for Billy Collins "Using simple, understandable language, Collins captures ordinary lifeits pleasure, its discontents, its moments of sadness and of joy." USA Today "At once accessible and profound, [Collins's] work makes him a natural people's poet." Boston Herald "A poet of plenitude, irony, and Augustan grace." The New Yorker "A sort of poet not seen since Robert Frost." The Boston Globe "Collins reveals the unexpected within the ordinary. He peels back the surface of the humdrum to make the moment new." The Christian Science Monitor "It is difficult not to be charmed by Collins, and that in itself is a remarkable literary accomplishment." The New York Review of Books, Praise for Billy Collins "Using simple, understandable language, Collins captures ordinary life-its pleasure, its discontents, its moments of sadness and of joy."" -"USA Today "At once accessible and profound, YCollins's? work makes him a natural people's poet." -Boston Herald "A poet of plenitude, irony, and Augustan grace." -The New Yorker "A sort of poet not seen since Robert Frost." -The Boston Globe "Collins reveals the unexpected within the ordinary. He peels back the surface of the humdrum to make the moment new." -The Christian Science Monitor "It is difficult not to be charmed by Collins, and that in itself is a remarkable literary accomplishment." -The New York Review of Books, Praise for Billy Collins " Using simple, understandable language, Collins captures ordinary life- its pleasure, its discontents, its moments of sadness and of joy." " - "USA Today " At once accessible and profound, [Collins' s] work makes him a natural people's poet." - Boston Herald " A poet of plenitude, irony, and Augustan grace." - The New Yorker " A sort of poet not seen since Robert Frost." - The Boston Globe " Collins reveals the unexpected within the ordinary. He peels back the surface of the humdrum to make the moment new." - The Christian Science Monitor " It is difficult not to be charmed by Collins, and that in itself is a remarkable literary accomplishment." - The New York Review of Books
Dewey Decimal811/.54
SynopsisPlayfulness, 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., 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 earththe 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, writingthemes 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 U.S. Poet Laureate and bestselling author of "Nine Horses" and "Sailing Alone" comes a dazzling collection of poems--his first in three years. High school & older.
LC Classification NumberPS3553.O47478T76
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