2003, ISBN: 9780300097979

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Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With his distinct voice and accessible language, America's two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry… Plus…

Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With 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.Like 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 earththe Chinese poets looking up at the moon, / the American poets gazing out / at the pink and blue ribbons of sunrise."Through 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."In this dazzling new collection, his first in three years, Collins explores boyhood, jazz, love, the passage of time, and, of course, writingthemes 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., Random House Trade Paperbacks; First Edition (March 13, 2007), 0, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973 For more than ten decades the Western Ocean was the setting for intense rivalry between shipowners in Western Europe and North America, competing for the prestige, passenger traffic and financial rewards which would accrue to the company operating the largest, fastest and most luxurious liners on the North Atlantic. This struggle for supremacy led to the building of a long line of ships which, when commissioned, epitomized all that was finest in naval architecture and marine engineering. The story of these liners, the triumphs and vicissitudes of their seagoing careers, is told in this detailed and profusely illustrated account.Blue hardback ith bright gilt titles to spine. Former Owners name penned on fep otherwise near fine. Missing the jacket, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973, 3, Yale University Press, 2003. Royal octavo, hardcover, near fine in lighthly edgeworn pictorial dj with red and gold lettering. An engaging biography of Horatio Nelson--presents a gripping account of his climb to fame as well as the fascinating details of his personal and emotional life. Here he emerges as a ruthless and aggressive leader and the epitome of a fighting commander. 640 pp. Endpapers of sailing ships in heavy seas.. Very Good/Unknown., Yale University Press, 2003., 3<

2003, ISBN: 9780300097979

Yale University Press, 2003. This is quite the boo on Nelson ! It is a very solid and thick black board hard back in Near Fine+ condition with a Near Fine+ jacket. This book has a very br… Plus…

Yale University Press, 2003. This is quite the boo on Nelson ! It is a very solid and thick black board hard back in Near Fine+ condition with a Near Fine+ jacket. This book has a very bright and very clean cover. The edges are very good and the book is square and tight. One board is up just slightly. The pages are clean, bright and unmarked. There is a small memorial stamp to the p/o on the free page. The jacket, with price, is also very bright & clean. 640 pages, Illustrated.. Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+., Yale University Press, 2003, 4<

ISBN: 9780300097979

Hardback. Very Good., 3