Title:
Horoscopes for the dead : poems / Billy Collins.
ISBN:
9781400064922
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
xiii, 106 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
United States poet laureate, 2001-2003.
Contents:
Grave -- Straightener -- Palermo -- Flaneur -- Snag -- Memento mori -- As usual -- Thieves -- Guest -- Gold -- Good news -- Genesis -- Horoscopes for the dead -- Hell -- Simple arithmetic -- Her -- Florida -- Question about birds -- New globe -- Girl -- Watercoloring -- At the home of the Baroness of Pembrokeshire -- Poem on the 300th anniversary of the Trinity School -- Chairs that no one sits in -- Memorizing "The sun rising" by John Donne -- Two creatures -- Vocation -- My unborn children -- Hangover -- Table talk -- Delivery -- Symbol -- Winter in Utah -- What she said -- Feedback -- Drawing you from memory -- Riverside, CA -- Cemetery ride -- Thank-you notes -- Lakeside -- Revision -- Night and day -- My hero -- Meatball department -- Silhouette -- Bread and butter -- Roses -- After I heard you were gone -- On reading a program note on Aaron Copland -- Poetry workshop held in a former cigar factory in Key West -- Returning the pencil to its tray.
Summary:
In this new collection, "America's most popular poet" covers the everlasting themes of love and loss, life and death, youth and aging, solitude and union.
Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
ocn627685321
Availability:
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