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| Original Title: | Picnic, Lightning |
| ISBN: | 0822956705 (ISBN13: 9780822956709) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Billy Collins
Paperback | Pages: 104 pages Rating: 4.26 | 3940 Users | 240 Reviews
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| Title | : | Picnic, Lightning |
| Author | : | Billy Collins |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 104 pages |
| Published | : | 1998 by University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Contemporary. Fiction. Literature. American. Adult |
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Winner of the 1999 Paterson Poetry Prize Over the past decade, Billy Collins has emerged as the most beloved American poet since Robert Frost, garnering critical acclaim and broad popular appeal. Annie Proulx admits, "I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours." John Updike proclaims his poems "consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides." This special, limited edition celebrates Billy Collins's years as U.S. Poet Laureate. Picnic, Lightning--one of the books that helped establish and secure his reputation and popularity during the 1990s--combines humor and seriousness, wit and sublimity. His poems touch on a wide range of subjects, from jazz to death, from weather to sex, but share common ground where the mind and heart can meet. Whether reading him for the first time or the fiftieth, this collector's edition is a must-have for anyone interested in the poet the New York Times calls simply "the real thing."Rating Epithetical Books Picnic, Lightning
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The poem 'I Go Back to the House for a Book' speaks so strongly to me, as I suspect it would for many readers. The idea is that by going back into the house to get the book that you split yourself into a couple of people, one of whom is always tagging behind the other (who didn't go back to get the book). If 'true', I'm a long queue by now...Another poem in this collection that I love because it is local to Philadelphia is 'Fishing on the Susquehanna in July', although I guess a lot of peopleA Portrait of the Reader with a Bowl of CerealEvery morning I sit across from youat the same small table,the sun all over the breakfast thingscurve of a blue-and-white pitcher,a dish of berriesme in a sweatshirt or robe,you invisible.Most days, we are suspendedover a deep pool of silence.I stare straight through youor look out the window at the garden,the powerful sky,a cloud passing behind a tree.There is no need to pass the toast,the pot of jam,or pour you a cup of tea,and I can hide behind
Why did it take me this long to read Billy Collins? I devoured this.
Billy Collins is like that friend who, whether you last saw him a year ago or yesterday, has a dozen stories to tell you about the minutiae of his life and you listen in awed silence wondering why your own life isnt half so entertaining even though his is not really more entertaining than yours. He just knows how to tell a story. Collins sees the pathos or the humor, the beauty or the oddness of something you would have barely noticed. And it is this talent, the talent in telling a story about a
I'm reading more poetry! At least slowly over the last few months. Now, I've jumped into a collection of Billy Collins' own poems, of which I own several, but haven't read through any yet. From the poems I've read (it's hard to take high school English for four years and teach it for three and not read Billy Collins), I thought Collins was interesting, clever, but basic. I feel ashamed of that now.Reading through Picnic, Lightning, I understand that Billy Collins is a master. One of the better
collins' poetry is amorphous, not only in their shape and style, but also in the feelings they capture. he's got some lovely imagery "buzzing around the room on caffeine"...but it seems like he never really goes anywhere meanful with it. while i don't hate his work - he's got some talent - i'm hard pressed to say how he wound up poet laureate.
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