Mornings Like This: Found Poems
About this ebook
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 1936—Dillard has composed poems on poetry’s most heartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. A unique, clever, and original collection, Dillard’s characteristic voice sounds throughout the pages.
What emerges from this literary experiment is a collection that is pure Dillard—a masterclass in seeing the poetic in the everyday:
- Found Poetry Perfected: Using sentences from sources as diverse as nineteenth-century boys' manuals and Van Gogh's letters, Dillard creates something entirely new and profound.
- A Literary Collage: A witty, moving, and clever arrangement of borrowed text that sounds with the unmistakable voice of one of America's greatest writers.
- Timeless Human Themes: Dillard explores the most heartfelt subjects—love and loss, nature and nostalgia—through an entirely original lens.
- From a Pulitzer Prize Winner: A must-read for fans of Annie Dillard's iconic work and anyone who loves inventive, intellectual, and lyrical poetry.
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About the author
Annie Dillard (1945 – 2026) is the acclaimed author of more than ten books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, as well as An American Childhood, The Living, and Mornings Like This. She was the recipient of many awards and honors including the National Humanities Medal, was a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters, and received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She died on September 15, 2026 at the age of 81.
