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BallisticsBilly Collins
Poetry

Ballistics

128 pagesFirst published 20086 editions
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A Billy Collins poem is instantly recognizable. "Using simple, understandable language," notes USA Today, the two-term U.S. Poet Laureate "captures ordinary life--its pleasure, its discontents, its moments of sadness and of joy." His everyman approach to writing resonates with readers everywhere and generates fans who would otherwise never give a poem a second glance.Now, in this stunning new collection, Collins touches on a greater array of subjects--love, death, solitude, youth, and aging--delving deeper than ever before. Ballistics comes at the reader full force with moving and playful…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionPenguin Random House2011—9781299091030
EditionFazi2011—9788864111926
PaperbackRandom House Trade Paperbacks20101289780812975611
EditionPan Macmillan20091289780330464383
EditionRandom House20081129781400064915
EbookRandom House Publishing Group2008—9781588367631
PoemsPoetryFictionAmerican poetryPoetry (poetic works by one author)New York Times reviewed