The Voice at 3:00 A.M.: Selected Late and New Poems

by Charles Simic

  • Format: eBook
  • ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780547546322
  • ISBN-10: 0547546327
  • Pages: 192
  • Publication Date: 04/03/2006
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  • About the Book
    Charles Simic has been widely celebrated for his brilliant poetic imagery; his social, political, and moral alertness; his uncanny ability to make the ordinary extraordinary; and not least, the sardonic humor all his own. Gathering much of his material from the seemingly mundane minutiae of contemporary American culture, Simic matches meditations on spiritual concerns and the weight of history with a nimble wit, shifting effortlessly to moments of clear vision and intense poetic revelation.

    Chosen as one of the New York Library's 25 Books to Remember for 2003, The Voice at 3:00 A. M. was also nominated for a National Book Award. The recipient of many prizes, Simic most recently received Canada's Griffin Prize. The poems in this collection--spanning two decades of his work--present a rich and varied survey of a remarkable lyrical journey.

    In the Street
    Beauty, dark goddess,
    We met and parted
    As though we parted not.
    Like two stopped watches
    In a dusty store window,
    One golden morning of time.

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    PRAISE FOR CHARLES SIMIC

    "Charles Simic's writing comes dancing out on the balls of its feet, colloquially fit as a fiddle, a sparring partner for the world."--Seamus Heaney

    "Few poets have been as influential--or as inimitable--as Charles Simic."--The New York Times Book Review

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