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Water, Water: Poems
Contributor(s): Collins, Billy (Author)

Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593731026

Physical Info: 0.8" H x 8.3" L x 5.7" W (0.7 lbs) 144 pages

 

"In more than sixty new poems, Billy Collins writes with joy and wonder about the beauty and irony of daily life. The best poetry, he believes, begins with clarity and ends in mystery, and in Water, Water we encounter a writer endlessly astonished by the world all around. Turning his eye to the cat drinking from the swimming pool or the nurse calling your name in the waiting room or the astronaut reading Emily Dickinson while orbiting earth, Collins captures images and moments that mean so much more than they might initially seem. With a voice both simple and melodic, hospitable and lyrical, the poetry of Billy Collins asks each of us to slow down and notice the commonplace in order to discover the sublime. No wonder The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal both call him one of America's favorite poets"--

Biographical Note:
Billy Collins is a former Poet Laureate of the United States. He is the author of twelve collections of poetry, including the bestsellers Aimless Love, The Trouble with Poetry, and Sailing Alone Around the Room. He is also the editor of Poetry 180, 180 More, and Bright Wings. A former Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, Collins also served as New York State Poet. In 2016 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Florida with his wife, Suzannah.

Review Quotes:
"Witty, wry and tender when it hurts, Water, Water is a pleasure to read and easy to give." --The Washington Post

 

"Poems that center the beauty in the mundane . . . [Collins's] approachable verses are a delightful balm." --People

 

"These poems offer variations on the theme of finding wonder in everyday things. They shimmer with wry revelation, a bright tonic in a fading year." --Christian Science Monitor

 

"Among the best poems that Collins has ever written." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR

Publisher Marketing:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love comes a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joys and mysteries of daily life.

 

"Among the best poems that [Billy] Collins has ever written."--Maureen Corrigan, NPR

 

"Witty, wry and tender when it hurts, Water, Water is a pleasure to read and easy to give."--The Washington Post

 

"Collins remains the most companionable of poetic companions."--The New York Times

One of People's Best New Books

 

In this collection of sixty new poems, Billy Collins writes about the beauties and ironies of everyday experience. A poem is best, he feels, when it begins in clarity but ends with a whiff of mystery.

 

In Water, Water, Collins combines his vigilant attention and respect for the peripheral to create moments of delight. Common and uncommon events are captured here with equal fascination, be it a cat leaning to drink from a swimming pool, a nurse calling a name in a waiting room, or an astronaut reciting Emily Dickinson from outer space. With his trademark lyrical informality, Collins asks us to slow down and glimpse the elevated in the ordinary, the odd in the familiar. It's no surprise that The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal both call Collins one of America's favorite poets.

 

The Monet Conundrum

 

Is every one of these poems
different from the others
he asked himself,
as the rain quieted down,

 

or are they all the same poem,
haystack after haystack
at different times of day,
different shadows and shades of hay?

Water, Water: Poems

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