Water, Water Gideon Sterer even though she can't imagine

even though she can't imagine how she'll ever make a living

Should she search for a weapon or attempt escape

Deep beneath the desert

Spanning five decades

Water, Water Gideon Sterer even though she can't imagineIn this collection of sixty new poems, Billy Collins writes about the beauties and ironies of everyday experience. A poem is best, he feels, when it begins in clarity but ends with a whiff of mystery. In Water, Water, Collins combines his vigilant attention and respect for the peripheral to create moments of delight. Common and uncommon events are captured here with equal fascination, be it a cat leaning to drink from a swimming pool, a nurse calling