Some Jazz a While: Collected Poems

Some Jazz a While: Collected Poems by Williams, Miller. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780252067747.

Some Jazz a While, the eagerly anticipated collected poems of one of Americas best-loved poets, gathers Miller Williamss most representative work and adds some new pieces as well. This generous collection welcomes newcomers as well as longtime admirers of Williamss trademark style: a compact and straightforward language, a masterful command of form, and an unsentimental approach to his subject matter. Williams treats the mundane interchanges, the lingering uncertainties, the missed opportunities, and the familiar sense of loss that mark daily life with the surgeons deft touch. An American original, Miller Williams involves the readers emotions and imagination with an effective illusion of plain talk, continually rediscovering what is vital and musical in the language we speak and by which we imagine.