Poetry 180 A Turning Back to Poetry

Adazzlingnewanthologyof180contemporarypoems,selectedandintroducedbyAmerica’sPoetLaureate,BillyCollins.InspiredbyBillyCollins’spoem-a-dayprogramwiththeLibraryofCongress,Poetry180istheperfectanthologyforreaderswhoappreciateengaging,thoughtfulpoemsthatareanimmediatepleasure.A180-degreeturnimpliesaturningback—inthiscase,topoetry.Acollectionof180poemsbythemostexcitingpoetsatworktoday,Poetry180representstherichnessanddiversityoftheform,andisdesignedtobeckonreaderswithaselectionofpoemsthatareimpossiblenottoloveatfirstglance.Opentheanthologytoanypageanddiscoveranewpoemtocherish,orsavorallthepoems,oneatatime,tofeelthefullmeasureofcontemporarypoetry’svibranceandabundance.WithpoemsbyCatherineBowman,LucilleClifton,BillyCollins,DanaGioia,EdwardHirsch,GalwayKinnell,KennethKoch,PhilipLevine,ThomasLux,WilliamMatthews,FrancesMayes,PaulMuldoon,NaomiShihabNye,SharonOlds,KathaPollitt,MaryJoSalter,CharlesSimic,DavidWojahn,PaulZimmer,andmanymore.,