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Simic, Charles, 1938-2023

That little something : poems / Charles Simic.

1st ed.

Orlando : Harcourt, ©2008.

73 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

"In his nineteenth collection, Charles Simic, the poet of the vaguely ominous sound and the disturbing, potentially significant image, moves closer to the dark heart of history and human behavior." "Simic understands the strange interplay between ordinary life and extremes, between reality and imagination, and he writes with absolute purity about those contradictory but simultaneous states of being or feeling: "Everything about you / My life, is both / Make-believe and real.""--Jacket.

American poetry -- 20th century.

Poetry.

Poet Laureate, 2007-

Walking -- That little something -- The elevator is out of order -- Night clerk in a roach motel -- Souvenirs of Hell -- Dramatic evenings -- Department of Complaints -- To boredom -- Death's book of jokes -- Fiordiligi -- Devil and Eve -- The late game -- Waiting for the sun to set -- Murky memories -- House of cards -- Impersonator of blank walls -- Aunt Dinah sailed to China -- Doubles -- To laziness -- The great disappearing act -- Summer dawn -- Gourmets of tragedies -- Listen -- Encyclopedia of horror -- Sunday -- Dance of the macabre mice -- Flying horses -- In the heat of the night -- Night watchman -- The lights are on everywhere -- Memories of the future -- Come winter -- Those who clean after -- In the junk store -- Madmen are running the world -- Late-night chat -- Clouds -- In the afternoon -- One wing of the museum -- Prophesy -- Dead reckoning -- Metaphysics Anonymous -- High windows -- Ghost ship -- Wonders of the invisible world -- Secret history -- Wire hangers -- To the reader -- The ice cubes are on fire -- Labor and capital -- The blur -- The bather -- Crickets -- Eternities -- Eternity's orphans.

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