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'Funny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising - the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem. He's a one-off, an American treasure' Nick Laird
These are poems of whimsy and imaginative acrobatics, but they are grounded in the familiar, common things of everyday experience. Collins takes us for a walk with an impossibly ancient dog, discovers the proper way to eat a banana, meets an Irish spider, and invites us to his own funeral. Facing both the wonders of being alive and the thrill of mortality, these new poems can only solidify Collins's reputation as one of America's most durable and interesting poets.
About the author
Billy Collins is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes, Whale Day, and Horoscopes for the Dead. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. A professor of English at Lehman College, he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2001 to 2003, and Poet Laureate of New York State from 2004 to 2006. In 2016 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives with his wife in Westchester County, NY.
Summary
Whale Day brings together more than fifty poems and showcases Billy Collins’s deft mixing of the playful and the serious that has made him one of America’s most celebrated and widely read poets.
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Whale Day brings together more than fifty poems and showcases Billy Collins’s deft mixing of the playful and the serious that has made him one of America’s most celebrated and widely read poets.
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Funny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising – the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins’ poem. He’s a one-off, an American treasure
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A new collection from Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate and 'America's favorite poet' The Wall Street Journal
