{"product_id":"trouble-with-poetry-and-other-poems","title":"Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTrouble with Poetry: And Other Poems\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBilly Collins\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780375503825\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e112\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003ePlayfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eWith his distinct voice and accessible language, America's two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike the present book's title, Collins's poems are filled with mischief, humor, and irony, \"Poetry speaks to all people, it is said, but here I would like to address \/ only those in my own time zone\"-but also with quiet observation, intense wonder, and a reverence for the everyday: \"The birds are in their trees, \/ the toast is in the toaster, \/ and the poets are at their windows. \/ They are at their windows in every section of the tangerine of earth-the Chinese poets looking up at the moon, \/ the American poets gazing out \/ at the pink and blue ribbons of sunrise.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough simple language, Collins shows that good poetry doesn't have to be obscure or incomprehensible, qualities that are perhaps the real trouble with most \"serious\" poetry: \"By now, it should go without saying \/ that what the oven is to the baker \/ and the berry-stained blouse to the drycleaner \/ so the window is to the poet.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this dazzling new collection, his first in three years, Collins explores boyhood, jazz, love, the passage of time, and, of course, writing-themes familiar to Collins's fans but made new here. Gorgeous, funny, and deeply empathetic, Billy Collins's poetry is a window through which we see our lives as if for the first time.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems | Billy Collins | Hardcover | 9780375503825 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1774678","offer_id":49682702205080,"sku":"1774678","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51TaNaECggL.jpg?v=1786636963","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/trouble-with-poetry-and-other-poems","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}