Poetry 180 Summary
A dazzling new anthology of 180 contemporary poems, selected and introduced
by America’s Poet Laureate, Billy Collins.
Inspired by Billy Collins’s poem-a-day program with the Library of Congress,
Poetry 180 is the perfect anthology for readers who appreciate engaging,
thoughtful poems that are an immediate pleasure.
A 180-degree turn implies a turning back—in this case, to poetry. A collection
of 180 poems by the most exciting poets at work today, Poetry 180 represents the richness and diversity of the form, and is designed to beckon readers with a
selection of poems that are impossible not to love at first glance. Open the
anthology to any page and discover a new poem to cherish, or savor all the
poems, one at a time, to feel the full measure of contemporary poetry’s vibrance
and abundance.
With poems by Catherine Bowman, Lucille Clifton, Billy Collins, Dana Gioia,
Edward Hirsch, Galway Kinnell, Kenneth Koch, Philip Levine, Thomas Lux, William
Matthews, Frances Mayes, Paul Muldoon, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Katha
Pollitt, Mary Jo Salter, Charles Simic, David Wojahn, Paul Zimmer, and many
more.
