{"product_id":"selected-early-poems-9780807614839","title":"Selected Early Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected Early Poems\u003c\/strong\u003e by Simic, Charles. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780807614839.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen this selection of Charles Simics work first appeared, it was hailed as \"easily the best volume of poetry published in 1985....[Simic] is one of the wisest poets of his generation, and one of the best.\" (The Georgia Review) For this new edition of his selected poems, Simic has added twenty-eight poems and extensively revised others, making this the most complete collection available of his early work. In the spare, haunting vision of these poems, the familiar takes on a disturbing, often sinister, presence. A fork \"resembles a birds foot \/ Worn around the cannibals neck\" and a birds chirp is \"Like a match flickering \/ In a new grave.\" Lifes horrors--violence, hunger, poverty, illness--lurk unnervingly in the background. And yet, despite the horror, a sense of wonder pervades these poems, transforming the ordinary world into a mysterious place of unknowable forces. Classic displays of the economy and grace of Simics work, these poems occupy an established place in American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"George Braziller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45816076435509,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807614831","price":36.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807614839_270d859f-6454-4477-b243-34c9c58cd682.jpg?v=1789966597","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/selected-early-poems-9780807614839","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}