With this remarkable third collection, Smith establishes herself among the best poets of her generation. A collection of bold, skillful poems, taking readers into the universe and moving them to an authentic mix of.

These poems reveal the realities of life lived here, on the ground, where a daughter is imprisoned in the basement by her own father, where celebrities and pop stars walk among us, and where the poet herself loses her father, one of the engineers who worked on the Hubble Space Telescope. These poems reveal the realities of life lived here, on the ground, where a daughter is imprisoned in the basement by her own father, where celebrities and pop stars walk among us, and where the. Smith envisions a sci-fi future sucked clean of any real dangers, contemplates the dark matter that keeps people both close and distant, and revisits the kitschy concepts like 'love' and 'illness' now relegated to the Museum of Obsolescence. She served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United Statesfrom 2017 to 2019. Smith (Author) 513 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 12.79 Other new and used from 3.94 Audio CD 16.24 2 New from 16. Her poetry collections include Life on Mars, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Duende, and Wade in the Water. With allusions to David Bowie and interplanetary travel, 'Life on Mars 'imagines a soundtrack for the universe to accompany the discoveries, failures, and oddities of human existence. Smith(born April 16, 1972) is an American poet and educator. Life on Mars: Poems Paperback by Tracy K. Smith is a professor of creative writing at Princeton University and the former Poet Laureate of the United States. 'You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself Smith, whose 'lyric brilliance and political impulses never falter' ('Publishers Weekly,' starred review) New poetry by the award-winning poet Tracy K. Smith, whose 'lyric brilliance and political impulses never falter' ('Publishers Weekly,' starred review) 'You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself To lift you past the rungs of your cri.

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