Jackstraws
In this collection of sixty-two poems Charles Simic paints exquisite and shattering word pictures that lend meaning to a chaotic world populated by insects, bridal veils, pallbearers, TV sets, parrots, and a finely detailed dragonfly. Suffused with hope yet unafraid to mock his own credulity, Simics searing metaphors unite the solemn with the absurd. His raindrops listen to each other fall and collect memories; his wildflowers are drunk with kissing the red-hot breezes; and his God is a Mr. Know-it-all, a wheeler-dealer, a wire-puller. In thislyrical gathering, Simic continues to startle his fans with the powerful and surprising images that a…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-547-69171-8
- EAN: 9780547691718
- Produktnummer: 35585574
- Verlag: HMH Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 69 KB
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