{"product_id":"collected-poems-19432004-isbn-9780156030793","title":"Collected Poems 1943-2004","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the most honored poets of 20th-century American verse, Richard Wilbur won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his poetry. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a distinguished career spanning more than sixty years, Richard Wilbur stands as one of America's preeminent men of letters. \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems 1943–2004\u003c\/em\u003e is the comprehensive collection of Wilbur's astonishing, timeless work. It will serve as the most referenced trove of this beloved poet's best verses for many years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Trackless Woods\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn trackless woods, it puzzled me to find\u003cbr\u003eFour great rock maples seemingly aligned,\u003cbr\u003eAs if they had been set out in a row\u003cbr\u003eBefore some house a century ago,\u003cbr\u003eTo edge the property and lend some shade.\u003cbr\u003eI looked to see if ancient wheels had made\u003cbr\u003eOld ruts to which the trees ran parallel,\u003cbr\u003eBut there were none, so far as I could tell–\u003cbr\u003eThere'd been no roadway. Nor could I find the square\u003cbr\u003eDepression of a cellar anywhere,\u003cbr\u003eAnd so I tramped on further, to survey\u003cbr\u003eAmazing patterns in a hornbeam spray\u003cbr\u003eOr spirals in a pine cone, under trees\u003cbr\u003eNot subject to our stiff geometries. | \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCollected Poems 1943-2004\u003c\/i\u003e is the indispensable Wilbur. The emergence of a poet like Wilbur as a hero to a new generation of critics is cause for hope: that readers, not gatekeepers, might rediscover poems written in the spirit of generosity and care, and disciplined by the idea of an uncaptive audience.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The work in these five hundred or so pages has been one of the saving graces of poetry in our time, as beautiful and moving as it is artful and accomplished. This collected edition will see a reader through quiet evenings and noisy Metro commutes, indeed through one's whole life.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e has moving and ambiguous power.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889873318117,"sku":"NP9780156030793","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780156030793.jpg?v=1730232087","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/collected-poems-19432004-isbn-9780156030793","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}