Jackstraws
Poems
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Word Count
24,000 words, Guess
Page Count
96 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivejackstrawspoems0000simi
- ISBN-100156010984
- ISBN-139780156010986
- LibraryThing153437
- Better World Books9780156010986
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL7365458M
Classifications
- LCCPS3569.I4725 J33 1999
- LCCPS3569.I4725
Description
Charles Simic's new collection of sixty-two poems continues to startle. Whether he is writing of wild flowers "Drunk with kissing/The red hot summer breezes"; or of God, that "Boss of all bosses of the universe/Mr. Know-it-all, wheeler-dealer, wire puller"; or of rain drops "Which take turns listening/To each other fall intermittently/As they go around collecting memories," Simic creates powerful, fresh images that are at once slangy and lyrical, irreverent and God-fearing, foreign and all-American, humorous and full of heartache.
First Sentence
Who put canned laughter Into my crucifixion scene?
Excerpt
Who put canned laughter Into my crucifixion scene?
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