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.
- ISBN10 0151004226
- ISBN13 9780151004225
- Publish Date 20 April 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 May 2002
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harcourt Brace International
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English