Book Chat With Pat | Poetry Thursday: Billy Collins @BookChatWithPat8668 | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
In this episode of Poetry Thursday, I discuss the life and poetry of the American poet, Billy Collins, possibly the most popular poet in America today.

Poems read:
"Introduction to Poetry"
"The Lanyard"
"Today"
"The Names"--For the Victims of September 11 and their survivors

Books mentioned:
Collins, Billy. Horoscopes for the Dead. NY: Random House, 2011.
Collins, Billy. Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems. NY: Random House, 2013.
Collins, Billy, ed. Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry. NY: Random House, 2003.
Collins, Billy, ed. 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day. NY: Random House, 2005.

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