Review 529: Water, Water

Water, Water: Poems by Billy Collins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Typically there is a large dose of humor found in the poetry by Billy Collins. This collection does have some of that here, but not to the degree that is usually found. Overall, they are still accessible poems.

There are sixty poems broken into four unequal parts. Many of these poems were previously published in magazines or journals through the years, and are collected here together. I found it hard to find a connecting theme for all of them other than observations about everyday life and surprise, which is fairly typical of his poems.

Another highly enjoyable collection by a past U.S. Poet Laureate.

Thanks to Random House and NetGalley for an advance review copy of this book.