Description: Poems on everything from the F volume of an encyclopedia to the Victoria's Secret catalog, from the rhythms of jazz to the rhythms of chopping parsley make up this book. Often humorous, Collins's poems also take on poets such as Auden an...
Synopsis Poems on everything from the F volume of an encyclopedia to the Victoria's Secret catalog, from the rhythms of jazz to the rhythms of chopping parsley make up this book. Often humorous, Collins's poems also take on poets such as Auden and Dickinson.
Details
Publication Date:
1998-03-01
Series:
Pitt Poetry Series
Size
Length:
103 pages
Height:
8.5 in
Width:
6.8 in
Thickness:
0.8 in
Weight:
12.0 oz
Publisher's Note Presents a collection of poems that explores the minutiae of life.
Industry Reviews "Collins explores normalcy's everyday obsessions and routine fantasies in congenial poems..." San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - Tom Clark (11/22/1998)
"These forty-odd poems that celebrate the ephemeral seem, appropriately dashed-off ..." Kirn
"Rarely has anyone written poems that appear so transparent on the surface yet become so ambiguous, thought provoking, or simply wise once the reader has peered into the depths." Poetry - John Taylor (02/01/2000)