Water, Water by Billy Collins W N Herbert spanning several decades

spanning several decades

named Leni instead of Aeneas) to speak for himself

Moments of personal and global crisis are juxtaposed

irresistible strangers

Water, Water by Billy Collins W N Herbert spanning several decadesIn more than sixty new poems, "America's favourite poet" (New York Times) Billy Collins writes with joy and wonder about the beauty and irony of daily life. The best poetry, he believes, begins with clarity and ends in mystery, and in Water, Water we encounter a writer endlessly astonished by the world all around. Turning his eye to the cat drinking from the swimming pool or the nurse calling your name in the waiting room or the astronaut reading