Jackstraws: Poems - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780156010986ISBN-10:156010984UPC:9780156010986Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Caribbean & Latin American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Asian American & Pacific Islander, Animals & NatureSize:7.95 x 5.28 x 0.33 inchesWeight:0.2601Product ID:SCJDFVCFNG
In this new collection of sixty-two poems Charles Simic paints exquisite and shattering word pictures that lend meaning to a chaotic world populated by insects, bridal veils, pallbearers, TV sets, parrots, and a finely detailed dragonfly. Suffused with hope yet unafraid to mock his own credulity, Simic's searing metaphors unite the solemn with the absurd. His raindrops listen to each other fall and collect memories; his wildflowers are drunk with kissing the red-hot breezes; and his God is a Mr. Know-it-all, a wheeler-dealer, a wire-puller. In this latest lyrical gathering, Simic continues to startle his fans with the powerful and surprising images that are his trademark-slangy images of the ethereal, fantastic visions of the everyday, foreign scenes of the all-American-and moments full of humor and full of heartache.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780156010986ISBN-10:156010984UPC:9780156010986Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Caribbean & Latin American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Asian American & Pacific Islander, Animals & NatureSize:7.95 x 5.28 x 0.33 inchesWeight:0.2601Product ID:SCJDFVCFNG
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CHARLES SIMIC was born in Belgrade and emigrated to the United States in 1954. He is the author of many books of poetry and prose. Among other honors, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 and served as the Poet Laureate of the United States in 2007-2008.
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