The Trouble with Poetry - Billy Collins

and other poems

KORTE INHOUD

With a distinct voice, a spare elegance, and accessible language, America's two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for those to whom it might otherwise have remained closed.
Through simple turns of phrase, Billy Collins shows that good poetry doesn't have to be obscure or incomprehensible - which is perhaps the real trouble with most "serious" poetry.
This dazzling collection explores boyhood, jazz, love, the passage of time, and, of course, writing. Gorgeous, funny, and empathic, Billy Collins poetry is a window through which we see our lives as if for the first time.

BILLY COLLINS was Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003 and Poet Laureate of New York State from 2004 to 2006.

"Disarming... and devastatingly funny... Skeptical of love and scornful of pretension, Collins is breathtaking in his appreciation of the earth's beauty and the precious daily routines that define life." (Booklist)
"Stuns with simple language... Collins is by turns insightful, sensitive and, always, witty." (T...
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2005Uitgever: Random House88 paginasTaal: Engels