{"product_id":"collected-poems-1943-2004-9780156030793","title":"Collected Poems 1943-2004","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the most honored poets of 20th-century American verse, Richard Wilbur won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his poetry. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a distinguished career spanning more than sixty years, Richard Wilbur stands as one of America's preeminent men of letters. \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems 1943-2004\u003c\/em\u003e is the comprehensive collection of Wilbur's astonishing, timeless work. It will serve as the most referenced trove of this beloved poet's best verses for many years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Trackless Woods\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn trackless woods, it puzzled me to find\u003cbr\u003eFour great rock maples seemingly aligned, \u003cbr\u003eAs if they had been set out in a row\u003cbr\u003eBefore some house a century ago, \u003cbr\u003eTo edge the property and lend some shade.\u003cbr\u003eI looked to see if ancient wheels had made\u003cbr\u003eOld ruts to which the trees ran parallel, \u003cbr\u003eBut there were none, so far as I could tell-\u003cbr\u003eThere'd been no roadway. Nor could I find the square\u003cbr\u003eDepression of a cellar anywhere, \u003cbr\u003eAnd so I tramped on further, to survey\u003cbr\u003eAmazing patterns in a hornbeam spray\u003cbr\u003eOr spirals in a pine cone, under trees\u003cbr\u003eNot subject to our stiff geometries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilbur, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRICHARD WILBUR, one of America's most beloved poets, has served as poet laureate of the United States. He has received the National Book Award, two Pulitzer Prizes, the National Arts Club medal of honor for literature, and a number of translation prizes, including two Bollingen Prizes and two awards from PEN.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655339905298,"sku":"9780156030793","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec4c630f-8fb4-44c7-8304-e774562e203d.jpg?v=1733379438","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-poems-1943-2004-9780156030793","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}