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Come Closer and Listen: New Poems
By Simic, Charles
- ISBN
- 9780062908469 9780062908483
- Publisher
- Ecco: HarperCollins
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Starred Review on June 1, 2019 | Arts & Humanities
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Simic, who was born in 1938 and spent his first 11 years in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, remembers his past in these poems of old age. Reflective and melancholic, with references to people leaving and lights flashing in the distance, the poems evoke a sense of loss—either present or impending. They include everything from a "Ghost Ship" vanishing to bombings ("A great city...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
