{"product_id":"water-water-poems","title":"Water, Water: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and  New York Times  bestselling author of  Aimless Love  comes a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joys and mysteries of daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Among the best poems that [Billy] Collins has ever written.”—Maureen Corrigan, NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Witty, wry and tender when it hurts,  Water ,  Water  is a pleasure to read and easy to give.”— The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Collins remains the most companionable of poetic companions.” —The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of  People ’s Best New Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of sixty new poems, Billy Collins writes about the beauties and ironies of everyday experience. A poem is best, he feels, when it begins in clarity but ends with a whiff of mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn  Water, Water , Collins combines his vigilant attention and respect for the peripheral to create moments of delight. Common and uncommon events are captured here with equal fascination, be it a cat leaning to drink from a swimming pool, a nurse calling a name in a waiting room, or an astronaut reciting Emily Dickinson from outer space. With his trademark lyrical informality, Collins asks us to slow down and glimpse the elevated in the ordinary, the odd in the familiar. It’s no surprise that  The New York Times  and  The Wall Street Journal  both call Collins one of America’s favorite poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Monet Conundrum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIs every one of these poems\u003cbr\u003e\ndifferent from the others\u003cbr\u003e\nhe asked himself,\u003cbr\u003e\nas the rain quieted down,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eor are they all the same poem,\u003cbr\u003e\nhaystack after haystack\u003cbr\u003e\nat different times of day,\u003cbr\u003e\ndifferent shadows and shades of hay?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52891345813791,"sku":"A3269","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0957\/0546\/5119\/files\/ebook_2380_38d7f4c595.jpg?v=1789633469","url":"https:\/\/lumobook.store\/products\/water-water-poems","provider":"LumoBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}