{"product_id":"scribbled-in-the-dark-poems-isbn-9780062661180","title":"Scribbled in the Dark: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate, a collection of elegiac, irreverent new poems—an American master at the height of his talent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic hums with the liveliness of the writer’s pen. Scribbled in the Dark brings the poet’s signature sardonic sense of humor, piercing social insight, and haunting lyricism to diverse and richly imagined landscapes. Peopled by policemen, presidents, kids in Halloween masks, a fortune-teller, a fly on the wall of the poet’s kitchen; set on crowded New York streets, on park benches, and under darkened skies; the pages within toy with the end of the world and its infinity. Simic continues to be an imitable voice in modern American poetry and one of its finest chroniclers of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when one of America’s greatest poets turns his eye to the absurdities of modern life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSurreal Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e Find the profound in the mundane, from a fly on a kitchen wall to a shadow in a pitch-dark fishbowl.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUrban Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e Walk the crowded, dimly-lit streets of New York City and other richly imagined American landscapes where anything can happen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePhilosophical Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e Grapple with mortality, infinity, and the human condition in poems that are both hauntingly lyrical and deeply insightful.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLiterary Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e Experience the peerless craft of a Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate at the height of his powers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning former poet laureate, a collection of elegiac, irreverent new poems—an American master at the height of his talent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic hums with the liveliness of the writer’s pen. \u003cem\u003eScribbled in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e brings the poet’s signature sardonic sense of humor, piercing social insight, and haunting lyricism to diverse and richly imagined landscapes. Peopled by policemen, presidents, kids in Halloween masks, a fortune-teller, and a fly on the wall of the poet’s kitchen; set on crowded New York streets, on park benches, and under darkened skies; the pages within toy with the end of the world and its infinity. Simic continues to be an inimitable voice in modern American poetry and one of its finest chroniclers of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Simic...has always challenged and delighted his audience with writing that is beautiful and surreal and forces people to consider the validity of their own perceptions.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Image by image, Simic composes miniature masterpieces, offering what appears as a seemingly effortless study in language’s cinematic possibilities.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888460951781,"sku":"NP9780062661180","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062661180.jpg?v=1730229135","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/scribbled-in-the-dark-poems-isbn-9780062661180","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}