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Whale Day: And Other Poems (B&N Exclusive Edition)

By Billy Collins
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What if Penn & Teller were poets instead of magicians? They approach their craft seriously but present it with humor. They present the wonder of the world by telling you they are going to pull a rabbit out of a hat—and yet, we’re still surprised when they do. The poems in Whale Day display this same kind of magic—simple language arranged creatively. Billy Collins’ sleight of hand isn’t there to trick us into reading poetry, instead, it’s to remind us of the beauty of living.

This edition includes five additional poems and a letter from the poet exclusively for Barnes & Noble.

A new collection from Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate and “America’s favorite poet” (The Wall Street Journal)

Billy Collins’s new collection brings together more than fifty poems and showcases his deft mixing of the playful and the serious that has made him one of our country’s most celebrated and widely read poets. Here are poems that leap with whimsy and imagination, yet stay gr...

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