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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.608
EAN: 9780812968873
ISBN: 0812968875
Label: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: March 25, 2003
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Release Date: March 25, 2003
Sales Rank: 22535
Studio: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Product Description:
A dazzling new anthology of 180 contemporary poems, selected and introduced by America’s Poet Laureate, Billy Collins.
Inspired by Billy Collins’s poem-a-day program with the Library of Congress, Poetry 180 is the perfect anthology for readers who appreciate engaging, thoughtful poems that are an immediate pleasure.
A 180-degree turn implies a turning back—in this case, to poetry. A collection of 180 poems by the most exciting poets at work today, Poetry 180 represents the richness and diversity of the form, and is designed to beckon readers with a selection of poems that are impossible not to love at first glance. Open the anthology to any page and discover a new poem to cherish, or savor all the poems, one at a time, to feel the full measure of contemporary poetry’s vibrance and abundance.
With poems by Catherine Bowman, Lucille Clifton, Billy Collins, Dana Gioia, Edward Hirsch, Galway Kinnell, Kenneth Koch, Philip Levine, Thomas Lux, William Matthews, Frances Mayes, Paul Muldoon, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Katha Pollitt, Mary Jo Salter, Charles Simic, David Wojahn, Paul Zimmer, and many more.
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Rating:  - Good for Teachers
This is a good approach to 'teaching' poetry. Collins selects contemporary poems that students can relate to and sometimes laugh at. The website is very helpful in guiding teachers through Collins' philosophy of how to use poetry in the classroom.
Rating: - A Fine Poetry Anthology
In this anthology, edited by former poet laureate Billy Collins, we see many styles of poems. I originally purchased this book for a college poetry writing course but I found the poems pleasurable to read on my own time, not just to read for critical analysis. Collins' intro contains some insights as to how a poem forms for a writer and also a good story about a poetry reading. The anthology features many contemporary writers and the poems range in length and subject matter. If you are looking ... Read More
Rating: - It meets its intended goal
Poetry 180 is both impressive and disappointing. Collins has assembled a volume of accessible, contemporary poetry. It is poetry that will easily convince teens (and the general poetry-impaired public)that poetry can speak directly to them without the academic trappings of analysis. This is an admirable goal, admirably met. I was, however, surprised that little attention was given to the poetry with which teens are familar. There certainly are lyrics that standup well to literary analysis and ... Read More
Rating:  - No, no, no, no, no, no, nO.
This is the worst possible way to interest someone in poetry: offering lackluster poems about adolescent topics by contemporary writers of little or no distinction. It makes poetry seem easy, trite, self-indulgent, and boring. Rarely have I so regretted a purchase.
If you would instill a love of poetry in a young person, read them the great, lasting stuff. If it sparks no fire, then poetry is not for them.
Rating: - Dull
If taste indicates anything, Billy Collins is a dull person.
These poems are uninteresting, except for a very few.
I cannot even write more than a few sentences about this volume, because it is so tedious.
Do. Not. Buy.
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