Jackstraws: Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780156010986)

In this new collection of sixty-two poems Charles Simic paints exquisite and shattering word pictures that lend meaning to a chaotic world populated by insects, bridal veils, pallbearers, TV sets, parrots, and a finely detailed dragonfly. Suffused with hope yet unafraid to mock his own credulity, Simic's searing metaphors unite the solemn with the absurd. His raindrops listen to each other fall and collect memories; his wildflowers are drunk with kissing the red-hot breezes; and his God is a Mr. Know-it-all, a wheeler-dealer, a wire-puller. In this latest lyrical gathering, Simic continues to startle his fans with the powerful and surprising images that are his trademark-slangy images of the ethereal, fantastic visions of the everyday, foreign scenes of the all-American-and moments full of humor and full of heartache.


Author: Charles Simic
ISBN-10: 0156010984
ISBN-13: 9780156010986
Publisher: Ecco Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2000
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.95h x 5.28w x 0.33d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/23/2000 pg. 24