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180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day

Inspired by Billy Collins’s poem-a-day program for American high schools that he began through the Library of Congress, the original Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry was a gathering of clear, contemporary poems aimed at a wide audience.

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Billy Collins (editor)
2005
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The Apple that Astonished Paris: Poems

In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins’s The Apple that Astonished Paris, his “first real book of poems,” as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expressly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Press’s twenty-fifth anniversary and this...

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Billy Collins
2006
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Billy Collins "The Egotism of Poetry"

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Billy Collins
2012
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Nine Horses: Poems

In Nine Horses, Billy Collins, America’s Poet Laureate for 2001–2003, continues his delicate negotiation between the clear and the mysterious, the comic and the elegiac. The poems in this collection reach dazzling heights while being firmly grounded in the everyday.

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Billy Collins
2003
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Shoveling Snow with Buddha

In this poem Buddha sets a good example by simply focusing on his work while the narrator gets too wrapped up in analysis.

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Billy Collins, "The Revenant"

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Billy Collins
2015
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Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems

Sailing Alone Around the Room, by America’s Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, contains both new poems and a generous gathering from his earlier collections The Apple That Astonished Paris, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning.

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Billy Collins
2002
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Billy Collins: Aimless Love

Billy Collins reads his poem "Aimless Love" during the November 2, 2013 broadcast.

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Billy Collins
2013
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The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems

Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With his distinct voice and accessible language, America’s two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed.

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Billy Collins
2007
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Billy Collins Performs "The Introduction"

This performance comes from the very first Page Meets Stage pairing of Billy Collins and Taylor Mali on November 12, 2005, back when the series was called Page vs. Stage.

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Billy Collins
2011
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