Here for download is the best-selling and award-winning recording of former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins. No poet since Robert Frost has managed to combine high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal. His last three collections of poems have broken sales records for poetry, and his readings are usually standing room only. His audience has been enhanced tremendously by his appearances on National Public Radio, and it includes people of all backgrounds and age groups.
The poems themselves best explain this phenomenon. The typical Collins poem opens on a clear and hospitable note but soon takes an unexpected turn; poems that begin in irony may end in a moment of lyric surprise. No wonder Billy Collins sees his poetry as a form of travel writing and considers humor a door into the serious.
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"This is not quite as good as hearing Billy Collins live, but it is still wonderful. The best thing is that you can download this CD for free on Billy Collins's website. I love the poem "Morning" on this CD. It's very funny. " — Lindsay (4 out of 5 stars)
"This is not quite as good as hearing Billy Collins live, but it is still wonderful. The best thing is that you can download this CD for free on Billy Collins's website. I love the poem "Morning" on this CD. It's very funny. "
" This is not quite as good as hearing Billy Collins live, but it is still wonderful. The best thing is that you can download this CD for free on Billy Collins's website. I love the poem "Morning" on this CD. It's very funny. "
" This audiobook is available for free from billycollins.com. Well worth the time it takes to download it! Collins is a former 2-term poet laureate and his poetry is exceptional. "
" more poets should have cds of themselves reading their work it is one of may favorite was ys to read/listen to poetry "
" Listen to this read by the author! "
" An awesome read that covers a wide range of his material and style, with the added bonus of his voice. "
" honestly this story or stories had no real impact on me and i've forgotten the majority of what it was about. so, i'll give this a two. i'm sure it wasn't miserable though. "
Billy Collins served two terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States, in 2001 to 2003, and then as the New York State Poet for 2004 through 2006. He is the author of several collections of poetry. He has won the Mark Twain Award for Humor in Poetry, the Norman Mailer Prize for Poetry, the Levinson Prize, and the Oscar Blumenthal Prize and been named Poetry magazine’s Poet of the Year and a New York Public Library Literary Lion, among many other awards and honors. He is a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York and is the senior distinguished fellow of the Winter Park Institute in Florida.
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