{"product_id":"9780062661197_scribbled-in-the-dark","title":"Scribbled in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate, a collection of elegiac, irreverent new poems—an American master at the height of his talent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic hums with the liveliness of the writer’s pen. Scribbled in the Dark brings the poet’s signature sardonic sense of humor, piercing social insight, and haunting lyricism to diverse and richly imagined landscapes. Peopled by policemen, presidents, kids in Halloween masks, a fortune-teller, a fly on the wall of the poet’s kitchen; set on crowded New York streets, on park benches, and under darkened skies; the pages within toy with the end of the world and its infinity. Simic continues to be an imitable voice in modern American poetry and one of its finest chroniclers of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection finds the extraordinary in the everyday—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSardonic Wit:\u003c\/b\u003e Where a fly on the kitchen wall has the best seat in the house and the infinite yawns out of boredom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePiercing Social Insight:\u003c\/b\u003e Simic observes presidents, torturers, and the homeless with the same unflinching, compassionate eye.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHaunting Lyricism:\u003c\/b\u003e Explore elegiac poems that find beauty in boarded-up libraries, darkened skies, and dimly lit city streets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Human Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e A profound exploration of mortality, memory, and the small, strange moments that make up a life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Charles Simic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905575899285,"sku":"9780062661197","price":11.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780062661197.jpg?v=1776889902","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062661197_scribbled-in-the-dark","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}