{"product_id":"water-water-billy-collins-9780593731024","title":"Water, Water: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the former United States Poet Laureate and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAimless Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joy and mystery of daily life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A poet of plentitude, irony, and Augustan grace.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Collins remains the most companionable of poetic companions.\"\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these sixty new poems, Billy Collins mixes the straightforward and the elusive to write about the beauties and ironies of everyday experience. A poem is best, he feels, when it begins in clarity and ends with a whiff of mystery. In \u003ci\u003eWater, Water\u003c\/i\u003e we learn how vigilance and a respect for the peripheral can result in moments of interest and delight. A cat leans to drink from a swimming pool; a nurse calls a name in a waiting room; an astronaut recites Emily Dickinson from outer space--such common and uncommon events are captured here with equal fascination. In a voice both conversational and melodic, hospitable and lyrical, informal but steadied by form, this poet asks us to tap the brakes and slow down so as to glimpse the elevated in the ordinary, the odd in the familiar. It's no surprise that \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e both call Collins one of America's favorite poets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Monet Conundrum\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs every one of these poems\u003cbr\u003edifferent from the others\u003cbr\u003ehe asked himself, \u003cbr\u003eas the rain quieted down, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eor are they all the same poem, \u003cbr\u003ehaystack after haystack\u003cbr\u003eat different times of day, \u003cbr\u003edifferent shadows and shades of hay?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Billy Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593731026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593731024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Billy Collins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482176938239,"sku":"9780593731024","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a51a518-1a10-4dac-ac48-33f1235f6785.jpg?v=1715990417","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/water-water-billy-collins-9780593731024","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}