The Rain in Portugal: Poems

The Rain in Portugal: Poems

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢ 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 â€œAmericaâ€™s favorite poet.â€
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The Rain in Portugalâ€”a title that admits heâ€™s not much of a rhymerâ€”sheds Collinsâ€™s ironic light on such subjects as travel and art, cats and dogs, loneliness and love, beauty and death. His tones range from the whimsicalâ€”â€œthe dogs of Minneapolis . . . / have no idea theyâ€™re in Minneapolisâ€â€”to 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.
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Praise for The Rain in Portugal
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â€œNothing in Billy Collinsâ€™s twelfth book . . . is exactly what readers might expect, and thatâ€™s the charm of this collection.â€â€”The Washington Post
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â€œThis new collection shows [Collins] at his finest. . . . Certain to please his large readership and a good place for readers new to Collins to begin.â€â€”Library Journal
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â€œDisarmingly playful and wistfully candid.â€â€”Booklist

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	part_0812982681
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2017-10-17
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780812982688

The Rain in Portugal: Poems

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