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Poetry from America's Poet Laureate of 2002. New edition coming in February. One of the most readable and accessible poets to appear in a long time, Billy Collins strikes at the deepest concerns of the human heart and mind. Frequently—as in such masterful poems as "Plight of the Troubador," "Child Development," "Embrace," "The Past," and "My Number"—Collins sets up a premise, based on a comically unusual interpretation of an everyday situation, and then proceeds to unwind the premise in ways that are as delightful as they are disturbing. His metaphysical wit and cosmic puzzlement, expressed always in clean, direct, unpretentious idiom, will touch every reader who is fascinated by the play of a truly original imagination and a disarming way of seeing the world. Originally published April 1988 Billy Collins has been named US poet laureate for 2002. |
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