Mornings Like This

<p><strong>Found poems are to their poet what no-fault insurance is to beneficiaries: payoffs waiting to happen where everyone wins and no one is blamed. Dillard culls about 40 such happy accidents from sources as diverse as a The American Boys Handy Book (1882) and the letters of Van Gogh. . . . the poet aims for a lucky loaded symbolism that catapults the reader into an epiphany never imagined by the original authors. -- <em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p><p><strong>In <em>Mornings Like This </em> beloved author Annie Dillard has given us a witty and moving collection of poems in a wholly original form sure to charm her fans both old and new.</strong></p> <p>Extracting and rearranging sentences from old and odd books--From D.C. Beard's The American Boys Handy Book in 1882 to Van Gogh's letters to David Greyson's The Countryman's Year in 1936--Dillard has composed poems on poetry's most heartfelt themes of love nature nostalgia and death. A unique clever and original collection Dillard's characteristic voice sounds throughout the pages. </p>