{"product_id":"9781529064537-whale-day","title":"Whale Day","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhale Day \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together more than fifty poems and showcases Billy Collins’s deft mixing of the playful and the serious that has made him one of America’s most celebrated and widely read poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e– \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem. He’s a one-off, an American treasure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Laird \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These are poems of whimsy and imaginative acrobatics, but they are grounded in the familiar, common things of everyday experience. Collins takes us for a walk with an impossibly ancient dog, discovers the proper way to eat a banana, meets an Irish spider, and invites us to his own funeral. Facing both the wonders of being alive and the thrill of mortality, these new poems can only solidify Collins’s reputation as one of America’s most durable and interesting poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449795096950,"sku":"9781529064537","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28667819.jpg?v=1760446707","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529064537-whale-day","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}