Annie Dillard 
Mornings Like This 
Found Poems

"Found poems are to their poet what no-fault insurance is to beneficiaries: payoffs waiting to happen where everyone wins and no one is blamed.Dillard culls about 40 such happy accidents from sources as diverse as a The American Boys Handy Book (1882) and the letters of Van Gogh. . . .the poet aims for a lucky, loaded symbolism that catapults the reader into an epiphany never imagined by the original authors." Publishers Weekly In Mornings Like This, beloved author Annie Dillard has given us a witty and moving collection of poems in a wholly original form, sure to charm her fans, both old and new. Extracting and rearranging sentences from old and odd books From D.C. Beard’s "The American Boys Handy Book" in 1882 to Van Gogh’s letters to David Greyson’s "The Countryman’s Year" in 1936Dillard has composed poems on poetrys most heartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. A unique, clever, and original collection, Dillards characteristic voice sounds throughout the pages.