{"product_id":"book-atyk","title":"Aimless Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eDIGITAL EXCLUSIVE: Includes 5 additional poems only available on the digital download.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Billy Collins puts the ‘fun’ back in ‘profundity.’ ”—Alice Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first compilation of new and selected poems in twelve years. \u003ci\u003eAimless Love\u003c\/i\u003e combines new poems with selections from four previous books—\u003ci\u003eNine Horses, The Trouble with Poetry, Ballistics, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Horoscopes for the Dead. \u003c\/i\u003eCollins’s unmistakable voice, which brings together plain speech with imaginative surprise, is clearly heard with every word, reminding us how he has managed to enrich the tapestry of contemporary poetry and greatly expand its audience. His work is featured in top literary magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and he sells out reading venues all across the country. Appearing regularly in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e series, his poems appeal to readers and live audiences far and wide and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. By turns playful, ironic, and serious, Collins’s poetry captures the nuances of everyday life while leading the reader into zones of inspired wonder. In the poet’s own words, he hopes that his poems “begin in Kansas and end in Oz.” Touching on the themes of love, loss, joy, and poetry itself, these poems showcase the best work of this “poet of plenitude, irony, and Augustan grace” \u003ci\u003e(The New Yorker).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnvoy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGo, little book,\u003cbr\u003eout of this house and into the world,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ecarriage made of paper rolling toward town\u003cbr\u003ebearing a single passenger\u003cbr\u003ebeyond the reach of this jittery pen\u003cbr\u003eand far from the desk and the nosy gooseneck lamp.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt is time to decamp,\u003cbr\u003eput on a jacket and venture outside,\u003cbr\u003etime to be regarded by other eyes,\u003cbr\u003ebound to be held in foreign hands.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSo off you go, infants of the brain,\u003cbr\u003ewith a wave and some bits of fatherly advice:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003estay out as late as you like,\u003cbr\u003edon’t bother to call or write,\u003cbr\u003eand talk to as many strangers as you can.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49335602938160,"sku":"BDatyk","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/98583-atyk-Square.jpg?v=1733933180","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-atyk","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}