Overview
āWhenever I pick up a new book of poems, I flip through the pages looking for small ones. Just as I might have trust in an abstract painter more if I knew he or she could draw a credible chicken, I have faith in poets who can go short.āāBilly Collins
You can spot a Billy Collins poem immediately. The amiable voice, the light touch, the sudden turn at the end. He "puts the āfunāĀ back in profundity,ā says poet Alice Fulton. In his own words, his poems tend to ābegin in Kansas and end in Oz.ā
Now āAmericaās favorite poetā (The Wall Street Journal) has found a new form for his unique poetic style: the small poem. Here Collins writes about his trademark themes of nature, animals, poetry, mortality, absurdity, and loveāall in a handful of lines. Neither haiku nor limerick, the small poem pushes to an extreme poetryās famed power to condense emotional and conceptual meaning. Inspired by the small poetry of writers as diverse as William Carlos Williams, W.S. Merwin, Kay Ryan, and Charles Simic, and written with Collinsās recognizable wit and wisdom, the poems of Musical Tables show one of our greatest poets channeling his unique voice into a new phase of his exceptional career.
3:00 AM
Only my hand
is asleep,
but itās a start.
This book title, Musical Tables (Poems) - 9780399589805, ISBN: 9780399589805, by Billy Collins, published by Random House Publishing Group (November 14, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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