Whale Day: And Other Poems by Billy Collins

Whale Day: And Other Poems

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Whale Day: And Other Poems by Billy Collins

Random House Publishing Group

Whale Day: And Other Poems

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A wondrous collection from Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of The Rain in Portugal

"The poems are marked by his characteristic humor and arise out of small, banal moments, unearthing the extraordinary or uncanny in the everyday."--The Wall Street Journal

Whale Day brings together more than fifty poems and showcases the deft mixing of the playful and the serious that has made Billy Collins one of our country's most celebrated and widely read poets. Here are poems that leap with whimsy and imagination, yet stay grounded in the familiar, common things of everyday experience. Collins takes us for a walk with an impossibly ancient dog, discovers the original way to eat a banana, meets an Irish spider, and even invites us to his own funeral. Sensitive to the wonders of being alive as well as the thrill of mortality, Whale Day builds on and amplifies Collins's reputation as one of America's most interesting and durable poets.
Book Details
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN:
9780399589775
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
144
Authors:
Billy Collins
Published Date:
2021-10-05
Language:
English
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About Billy Collins

Billy Collins served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003 and as New York State Poet from 2004 to 2006. Born in New York City, he is a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York. His collections include The Apple That Astonished Paris (University of Arkansas Press, 1988), Sailing Alone Around the Room (Random House, 2001), and Aimless Love (Random House, 2013). He received the Poetry Foundation's inaugural Mark Twain Award in 2004 and the Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets.

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