{"product_id":"water-water-1","title":"Water, Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBilly Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vt-tab-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab-1\" name=\"tab-1\" class=\"tab-content current\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the former Poet Laureate of the United States and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author comes a wondrous new collection of sixty new poems focused on the joys and mysteries of everyday life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Among the best poems that [Billy] Collins has ever written.”—Maureen Corrigan, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Witty, wry and tender when it hurts,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWater, Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a pleasure to read and easy to give.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWater, Water\u003c\/i\u003e, Collins combines his vigilant attention and respect for the peripheral to create moments of delight. Common and uncommon events are captured here with equal fascination, be it a cat leaning to drink from a swimming pool, a nurse calling a name in a waiting room, or an astronaut reciting Emily Dickinson from outer space. With his trademark lyrical informality, Collins asks us to slow down and glimpse the elevated in the ordinary, the odd in the familiar. It’s no surprise that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eboth call Collins one of America’s favorite poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Monet Conundrum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs every one of these poems\u003cbr\u003edifferent from the others\u003cbr\u003ehe asked himself,\u003cbr\u003eas the rain quieted down,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eor are they all the same poem,\u003cbr\u003ehaystack after haystack\u003cbr\u003eat different times of day,\u003cbr\u003edifferent shadows and shades of hay?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PRH","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50181695897886,"sku":"9780593731048","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/3584\/9246\/files\/9780593731048.jpg?v=1758905134","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarcanoebooks.com\/products\/water-water-1","provider":"Cedar Canoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}