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Billy Collins on gratitude

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The Art of Drowning

This collection of poems has a subject matter ranging from the gustatory pleasures of osso buco to an analysis of the handwriting of Keats; from the art form of the calendar pinup to blues music.

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The Joy of the Memorized Poem

A panicked moment reciting William Butler Yeats in an MRI convinced the former poet laureate Billy Collins that oration is poetry's last, most enlightened defense.

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Billy Collins on Life, Death and Poetry

“With poetry,” Collins says, “you don’t have to go through a windshield to realize that life is precious.”

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A Gift of Poetry During a Time of Isolation

When Billy Collins read the Monitor’s story about New York shut-in Carmella Parry and Poems on Wheels, he says he was stirred by her joy-filled enthusiasm for the poems she received with her delivered meals.

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