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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering over fifty new poems that showcase the generosity, wit, and imaginative play that prompted The Wall Street Journal to call him Americas favorite poet. The Rain in Portugala title that admits hes not much of a rhymersheds Collinss ironic light on such subjects as travel and art, cats and dogs, loneliness and love, beauty and death. His tones range from the whimsicalthe dogs of Minneapolis . . . / have no idea theyre in Minneapolisto the elegiac in a reaction to the death of Seamus Heaney. A student of the everyday, Collins here contemplates a weather vane, a still life painting, the calendar, and a child lost at a beach. His imaginative fabrications have Shakespeare flying comfortably in first class and Keith Richards supporting the globe on his head. By turns entertaining, engaging, and enlightening, The Rain in Portugal amounts to another chorus of poems from one of the most respected and familiar voices in the world of American poetry. Praise for The Rain in Portugal Nothing in Billy Collinss twelfth book . . . is exactly what readers might expect, and thats the charm of this collection.The Washington Post This new collection shows [Collins] at his finest. . . . Certain to please his large readership and a good place for readers new to Collins to begin.Library Journal Disarmingly playful and wistfully candid.Booklist Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2016. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780812982688
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