Whale Day by Billie Collins Evelyn Schlag the everyday of South East

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Whale Day by Billie Collins Evelyn Schlag the everyday of South East'Funny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem. He's a one off, an American treasure' Nick Laird These are poems of whimsy and imaginative acrobatics, but they are grounded in the familiar, common things of everyday experience. Collins takes us for a walk with an impossibly ancient dog, discovers the proper way to eat a banana, meets an Irish spider, and