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Billy Collins

William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York (retired, 2016). Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004 through 2006. In 2016, Collins was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. As of 2020, he is a teacher in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.

The Genius

Billy Collins

The Birds of America

Billy Collins

Winter Syntax

Billy Collins

Pornography

Billy Collins

Genius

Billy Collins

Romanticism

Billy Collins

Mappamundi

Billy Collins

Winter Sparrow

Billy Collins

Pin-Up

Billy Collins

Medium

Billy Collins

The Biography of a Cloud

Billy Collins

Her

Billy Collins

A Sense of Place

Billy Collins

Report from the Subtropics

Billy Collins

Books

Billy Collins

The Wires of the Night

Billy Collins

Forsythia

Billy Collins

Questions About Angels

Billy Collins

Print

Billy Collins

Winter

Billy Collins

The Lanyard

Billy Collins

Some Days

Billy Collins

The Names

Billy Collins

The Parade

Billy Collins

I Ask You

Billy Collins Fish, Fishing, Frog, Green, Heart, History, Night, Ocean, Sky, Time, Water, Work, World

Marginalia

Billy Collins Beautiful, Future, Girl, Graduate, Irony, Metaphor, Nature, Rain, Remember, School, Sometimes, Summer

The Death of Allegory

Billy Collins

Night Golf

Billy Collins Golf

Introduction To Poetry

Billy Collins Light, Poem, Poetry

Man in Space

Billy Collins

On Turning Ten

Billy Collins Beautiful, Believe, Dark, Friend, House, Light, Remember, Soldier, Time, Today, Tree

The First Night

Billy Collins

By A Swimming Pool Outside Syracusa

Billy Collins Shopping, Swimming

Christmas Sparrow

Billy Collins

I Go Back To The House For A Book

Billy Collins Car, House, Life, Running, Time

Writing In The Afterlife

Billy Collins

Forgetfulness

Billy Collins Dark, Fish, Fishing, Flower, Kiss, Memory, Moon, Night, Poem, Remember, River, Rose, Swimming, War

Workshop

Billy Collins

Litany

Billy Collins Fish, Fishing, House, Mirror, Moon, Rain, Star, Sun, Tree, Wind, Woman, Women, World

Flames

Billy Collins Autumn, Red, Sick, Sun, Warning

Morning

Billy Collins

Silence

Billy Collins

Paperwork

Billy Collins

Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep A Gun In The House

Billy Collins Dog, House, Music, Silence, Time

Invention

Billy Collins Football, Moon, Night, Silver, Sky, Star, Time

Japan

Billy Collins Dark, Dog, Haiku, House, Mirror, Sea, Silence, Sleep, Time, Today, World

Fishing On The Susquehanna In July

Billy Collins Fish, Fishing, Green, July, Light, Red, Remember, River, Sky, Spring, Tree, Water, Woman, Women

Nostalgia

Billy Collins Alone, Childhood, Dance, Dark, Flower, Future, Light, Memory, Music, People, Remember, Silver, Sister, Sonnet, Summer, Today, Water, Wind

The First Dream

Billy Collins Alone, Animal, Dream, Fire, House, Sleep, Water, Wind, Woman, Women

Shoveling Snow With Buddha

Billy Collins Car, Chocolate, Hair, Light, Lost, Silence, Sky, Smile, Snow, Song, Winter, Work, World

Candle Hat

Billy Collins Dark, House, Lost, Mirror, Night, Smile, Swimming, Work

Child Development

Billy Collins Beach, Child, Children, Fish, Fishing, Thanks, Work

Madmen

Billy Collins Alone, City, Dark, Home, Hope, Night, Poem, Warning, Wind

Embrace

Billy Collins

Neither Snow

Billy Collins City, Fog, People, Running, Snow, Water, Wind, World

I Chop Some Parsley While Listening To Art Blakey’s Version Of “Three Blind Mice”

Billy Collins Alone, Brother, Moon, Mother, Rose, Running, Sister

Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes

Billy Collins America, Hair, Hope, House, Light, Mother, Night, Water, Woman, Women

The Iron Bridge

Billy Collins Mother, Sky, Sun, Together, Tree, Water

Pinup

Billy Collins April, Car, City, Dog, Future, Rain, Red, Running, Wind

The Art Of Drowning

Billy Collins Believe, Death, Fish, Fishing, Hope, Life, Light, Silver, Travel, Truth, Water

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