1. BILLY COLLINS Billy Collins, the US Poet Laureate read the press release Get your poemshere. Want Billy at your event? Billy Collins Can you believe it? http://www.bigsnap.com/billy.html

Billy Collins, the US Poet Laureate read the press release Get your poems here. Want Billy at your event? Billy Collins: Can you believe it? He's the Poet Laureate. ( read the press release ) There must be some sanity in this world. But that's not all: best-selling books . An underground CD . Featured on NPR's Prairie Home Companion and Fresh Air. Spotted speaking to Congress and seen on the front page of the Sunday New York Times. Gee willikers. What will he do next? Chances are you might find him somewhere near you. Check your local sources for more information. And in the meantime, learn more about our favorite poet. Big Snap online exclusive: Read and listen to selected poems from THE BEST CIGARETTE (CD Audiobook). Also, complete text for all poems heard on Prairie Home Companion Get your poem fix here! What's the latest? What's up with Billy? WEll, he's been recently named the official US Poet Laureate, after being named the April 2000 featured poet in Poetry Magazine .Psst. Here's a little secret. You can book Billy for your event. Get in contact with the Stephen Barclay Agency for more information.

2. Billy Collins - The Academy Of American Poets The Academy of American Poets presents a biography, photograph and selected poems. http://www.poets.org/poets/bcollins

poetry awards poetry month poetry exhibits about the academy Search Larger Type Find a Poet Find a Poem Listening Booth ... Add to a Notebook Billy Collins Billy Collins was born in New York City in 1941. He is the author of several books of poetry, including Nine Horses (Random House, 2002); Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems Picnic, Lightning The Art of Drowning (1995), which was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; Questions About Angels (1991), which was selected by Edward Hirsch for the National Poetry Series; The Apple That Astonished Paris Video Poems (1980); and Pokerface (1977). A recording of Collins reading thirty-three of his poems, The Best Cigarette , was released in 1997. Collins's poetry has appeared in anthologies, textbooks, and a variety of periodicals, including Poetry American Poetry Review American Scholar Harper's Paris Review , and The New Yorker . His work has been featured in the Pushcart Prize anthology and The Best American Poetry for 1992, 1993, and 1997. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1992, he was chosen by the New York Public Library to serve as "Literary Lion." For several years he has conducted summer poetry workshops in Ireland at University College Galway. He is a professor of English at Lehman College, City University of New York. He lives in Somers, New York. In the fall of 2001, Collins will assume his duties as the Library of Congress's eleventh Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.

3. Billy Collins - Billy Collins Poet Seers spiritual poets from the East and the West Billy Collins -Billy Collins. Billy Collins. Billy Collins is an American phenomenon. http://poetseers.org/poet_laureates/bcollins

Home Poet Laureates Billy Collins Site Map Poet Laureates Billy Collins Japan Reading an anthology On Turning Ten Workshop ... Latest News Billy Collins Billy Collins is an American phenomenon. No poet since Robert Frost has managed to combine high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review , and The American Scholar , he is a Guggenheim fellow and a New York Public Library "Literary Lion." His last three collections of poems have broken sales records for poetry. His readings are usually SRO, and his audience - enlarged tremendously by his appearances on National Public Radio - 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 Collins sees his poetry as "a form of travel writing" and considers humor "a door into the serious." It is a door that many thousands of readers have opened with amazement and delight. Billy Collins writes lovely poems . . . Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

4. Poetry Daily Feature Billy Collins Online Bookstore Listing Billy collins billy Collins is the author of six collectionsof poetry, including Questions About Angels, a winner of the National http://www.poems.com/sailicol.htm

5. New York State Writers Institute - Billy Collins Billy Collins, December 7, 2000 (Thursday) 800 pm Reading RecitalHall, PAC UAlbany, Uptown Campus 400 Informal Seminar, HU 354, http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/collinsbilly.html

Greater Capital Region Teacher Center B illy C ollins December 7, 2000 (Thursday) 8:00 p.m. Reading Recital Hall, PAC UAlbany, Uptown Campus 4:00 Informal Seminar, HU 354 Billy Collins is a best-selling poet and NPR commentator. Three of his poetry collections, Picnic, Lightning The Art of Drowning (1995, University of Pittsburgh Press), and Questions About Angels (1991) have broken national sales records for poetry. No poet since Robert Frost has combined such broad appeal with such high acclaim. According to The New York Times , Billy Collins in one of a very few contenders for the title, "most popular poet in America." Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems is due out in April 2001. Poetry American Poetry Review American Scholar Harper's Paris Review , and The New Yorker . His readings are usually SRO and his audience includes people of all backgrounds and age groups. His work has been featured in the Pushcart Prize anthology and The Best American Poetry for 1992, 1993, and 1997. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has also won the Bess Hokin Prize, the Frederick Bock Prize, the Oscar Blumenthal Prize, and the Levinson Prizeall awarded by Poetry magazine. In 1992, he was chosen by the New York Public Library to serve as a "Literary Lion." For several years he has conducted summer poetry workshops in Ireland at University College Galway. For the past 30 years, he has been a professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York and is a visiting writer at Sarah Lawrence College.

6. Billy Collins BILLY COLLINS describes his poetry as “a form of travel writing.” Oftenhe uses humor to lure readers into deeper more serious places. http://www.grdodge.org/poetry/content_Collins.htm

“Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield.” BILLY COLLINS describes his poetry as “a form of travel writing.” Often he uses humor to lure readers into deeper more serious places. His poems have a distinctive way of turning from a straightforward simplicity toward a complex meditation, or from an ironic twist to a lyrical exultation. He has published six books of poetry, most recently Picnic, Lightning The Art of Drowning (1995), and Questions About Angels (1991), which was selected by Edward Hirsch for the National Poetry Series. He has also recorded a spoken word CD, The Best Cigarette (1997). A Guggenheim fellowship winner, Billy Collins has been named a “Literary Lion” by the New York Public Library and was honored as “Poet of the Year” by Poetry Magazine in 1994. A professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York, Billy Collins lives in Somers, New York. A Collection of Billy Collins poems from his web site "Snow Day" "Man Listening to Disc" "Invention" ... The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

7. Billy Collins Billy Collins, The Art of Poetry LXXXIII. Interviewed by George Plimpton.Issue 159 Fall, 2001. BILLY COLLINS. I'd like to get something http://www.parisreview.com/tpr159/collins.htm

Billy Collins The Art of Poetry LXXXIII Interviewed by George Plimpton Issue 159 Fall, 2001 current issue Interviews: Richard Powers Features: Man in the Back Row: CRIME Italo Calvino Poetry: Henri Cole Timothy Donnelly A.M. Juster Kate Light ... Deborah Warren from the archives Interviews: Anthony Burgess Features: Budd Schulberg Man in the Back Row: NEW WRITERS Poetry: Jim Carroll Robert Devlin Monica Ferrell Matthea Harvey ... Pier Paolo Pasolini BILLY COLLINS I'd like to get something straightened out at the beginning: I write with a Uni-Ball Onyx Micropoint on nine-by-seven bound notebooks made by a Canadian company called Blueline. After I do a few drafts, I type up the poem on a Macintosh G3 and then send it out the door. INTERVIEWER Well, that's certainly the kind of information we're after, but can you tell us about the actual making of what you send out? Could you go through the genesis of a poem? COLLINS There's a lot of waiting around until something happens. Some poets like David Lehman and William Stafford set out on these very willful programs to write a poem a day. They're extending what Catullus said about "never a day without a line." But most poets don't write a poem a day. For me it's a very sporadic activity. Until recently, I thought "occasional poetry" meant that you wrote only occasionally. So there's a lot of waiting, and there's a kind of vigilance involved. I

8. Billy Collins Billy Collins. Billy Collins is one of the poets today that uses humor,and uses it well. To see a sample of Billy Collins' work, click here. http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/thetruepoet/billy_collins_info.htm

Billy Collins Billy Collins is one of the poets today that uses humor, and uses it well. He has seven books out now: Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (Random House, 2001); Picnic, Lightning The Art of Drowning (1995), which was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; Questions About Angels (1991), which was selected by Edward Hirsch for the National Poetry Series; The Apple That Astonished Paris Video Poems (1980); and Pokerface (1977). He is a professor of English at Lehman College, City University of New York. To see a sample of Billy Collins' work, click here. 2002 by the webmaster poems 1988 and 1995 by Billy Collins . Any other use is strictly prohibited without consent from the author.

9. Billy Collins Billy Collins. Of Billy's third book, John Updike stated, Billy Collins writeslovely poems lovely in a way almost nobody's since Roethke's are. http://members.aol.com/gracieaml/Collins.htm

Billy Collins The Best Cigarette Picnic, Lightning Written for Poetic Voices Magazine And The Writers Club Industry Newsletter for Poetry Paperback 104pp ISBN 0822956705 University of Pittsburg Press April 1998 ISBN 0965887308 ISBN AUDIO 0965887316 Cielo Publishing May 1997 Billy Collins, author of five books of poetry, is 56 years old and lives in a restored 1850's farmhouse with his wife Jeanne and his imaginary poetry dog. When I asked him to explain the imaginary dog, he said, "I have been between dogs for a few years." On an impulse to write about a boat when he was 11 or 12 years old, Billy write his first poem. However, he did not become serious with his writing until his late 30's. Billy believes his writing is mostly inspired by Wordsworth, and when asked what particular style he feels most confident writing, he said, "Conversational poems.... lyrics which begin in a relaxed conversational style and drop into introspective depth. I like to start simple and casual, have a sense of a relaxed opening, and use some humor with an air of presumed intimacy.... then I hit them with the heavier stuff." He writes mostly for self entertainment and because poetry offers a human extension of his voice which he hopes will go beyond his death. He desires to convey pleasure to his readers, but also wants them to receive a message with deeper meaning than the casual voice of his writing alludes to. When asked if there was any one thing he would like to do, Billy replied, "Practice piano nine hours a day and become a jazz pianist."

10. Lawrence University : News And Events : Billy Collins Billy Collins United States Poet Laureate 20012003. Read the Press Release PoetLaureate Billy Collins Leads Reading, Discussion at Lawrence University. http://www.lawrence.edu/news/0203/collins.shtml

Billy Collins United States Poet Laureate Wednesday February 19, 2003 7:30 p.m. Memorial Chapel Lawrence University Presented by the Mia T. Paul Poetry Fund Free and open to the public Billy Collins has published seven collections of poetry including Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Seclected Poems and his new collection of poems Nine Horses . He is a Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York. He was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2001-03. Copies of his books will be available at the book signing and reception immediately following the reading. Read the Press Release: Poet Laureate Billy Collins Leads Reading, Discussion at Lawrence University The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry from the Library of Congress Poetry 180 : A Poem a Day for American High Schools...a new program from Billy Collins Billy Collins site at BigSnap. Links to many of his poems, including: The Art of Drowning Dear Reader Fishing on the Susquehanna in July I Chop Some Parsley While Listening to Art Blakey's Version of "Three Blind Mice" ... webmaster@lawrence.edu

11. Poeticvoices.com January 1998 Book Review: The Best Cigarette By Billy Collins Billy Collins. Feature by Robin Travis. I would like to introduce you toBilly Collins who I had the priviledge of speaking to for this column. http://www.poeticvoices.com/9801Collins.html

The Best Cigarette by Billy Collins Produced by Eric Antonow A Good Small Production: 773-472-8774 CD$12, cassette, $10 Review by Bruce Autry

12. Questions About Angels : Poems; Billy Collins Billy Collins. Billy Collins can be downright funny; he's a parodist, afeigning trickster, an ironic, entertaining magicianas-hero. . . . http://www.any-book.com/angel_questions.htm

Questions About Angels : Poems Billy Collins Book Description Selected by Edward Hirsch for the National Poetry Series, Questions About Angels, Billy Collins's fourth book of poems, is available again. Remarkable for their wry, inquisitive voice and their sheer imaginative range, these poems are probing explorations, journeys into the unexpected. Questions About Angels reinforces Collins's place among the most talented poets of this generation. "Billy Collins can be downright funny; he's a parodist, a feigning trickster, an ironic, entertaining magician-as-hero. . . . Without question, Collins writes with verve, gumption and deep intelligence. Not many poets can infuse humor with such serious knowledge; not many can range so far throughout history and look so freshly into the future. Not many can please so thoroughly and still manage to chide, prod, urge, criticize, and teach." Save up to - Order online from Amazon.com Questions About Angels : Poems Billy Collins Any-Book Home About Us Contact Us

13. Billy Collins, Poetry In Audio: Issue Seven - The Cortland Review Find text of collins' poems "I Ask You" and "Neither Snow." Listen to audio clips of the poet reading the poems. billy collins' several publications include Picnic, Lightning, The Art of Drowning, Questions about Angels, and the CD http://www.cortlandreview.com/issue/7/collinsb7.htm

ISSUE SEVEN May 1999 Billy Collins T HE C ORTLAND ... EVIEW I NTERVIEW Philip Levine P OETRY Steven Ford Brown David Citino Billy Collins Robert Collins ... Thomas Swiss F ICTION Gilbert Allen Kelly Cherry Rosa Shand Stephen Sossaman B OOK R EVIEW David Kennedy Billy Collins several publications include Picnic, Lightning The Art of Drowning Questions about Angels , and the CD The Best Cigarette . His work has appeared in Poetry American Poetry Review American Scholar Harper's The Paris Review The Atlantic Monthly , and The New Yorker . He has been featured in the Pushcart Prize anthology and The Best American Poetry for 1992, 1993, and 1997. This is his first appearance in an online magazine. Search for more Billy Collins at The Cortland Review I Ask You What scene would I want to be enveloped in more than this one, an ordinary night at the kitchen table, floral wallpaper pressing in, white cabinets full of glass, the telephone silent, a pen tilted back in my hand?

14. Poetry Magazine Text of the author's poem Reading an Anthology of Chinese Poems of the Sung Dynasty,I Pause To Admire the Length and Clarity of Their Titles. http://www.poetrymagazine.org/featured_poet_060199.html

CURRENT ISSUE POETRY Magazine THIS WEEK'S FEATURED POET BILLY COLLINS Reading an Anthology of Chinese Poems of the Sung Dynasty, I Pause To Admire the Length and Clarity of Their Titles It seems these poets have nothing up their ample sleeves they turn over so many cards so early, telling us before the first line whether it is wet or dry, night or day, the season the man is standing in, even how much he has had to drink. Maybe it is autumn and he is looking at a sparrow. Maybe it is snowing on a town with a beautiful name. "Viewing Peonies at the Temple of Good Fortune on a Cloudy Afternoon" is one of Sun Tung Po's. "Dipping Water from the River and Simmering Tea" is another one, or just "On a Boat, Awake at Night." And Lu Yu takes the simple rice cake with "In a Boat on a Summer Evening I Heard the Cry of a Waterbird. It Was Very Sad and Seemed To Be Saying My Woman Is CruelMoved, I Wrote This Poem." There is no iron turnstile to push against here as with headings like "Vortex on a String,"

15. Selected Poems By Billy Collins Read several of collins' poems online. A FEW SELECTED POEMS. BY billy collins. Duck/Rabbit http://www.whysanity.net/creative/collins.html

A FEW SELECTED POEMS BY BILLY COLLINS Duck/Rabbit Fishing on the Susquehanna in July Shoveling Snow with Buddha I Chop Some Parsley While Listening to Art Blakey's Version of "Three Blind Mice" ... My Life I am not Billy Collins. I am not affiliated with Billy Collins in any way. Please do not email me thinking you are emailing Billy Collins. Thank you. [ back to my main page if you're even mildly interested ] Duck/Rabbit The lamb may lie down with the lion, But they will never be as close as this pair Who share the very lines Of their existence, whose overlapping is their raison d'etre How strange and symbiotic the binds That make one disappear Whenever the other is spied. Throw the duck a stare, And the rabbit hops down his hole. Give the rabbit the eye, And the duck waddles off the folio. Say, these could be our mascots, you and I I could look at you forever. And never see the two of us together. Fishing on the Susquehanna in July I have never been fishing on the Susquehanna or on any river for that matter to be perfectly honest.

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17. Billy Collins - The Academy Of American Poets billy collins The Academy of American Poets presents biographies, photographs, selectedpoems, and links as part of its online poetry exhibits. billy collins. http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=284

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19. Poet Laureate Consultant In Poetry (Library Of Congress) About the New Poet Laureate, billy collins. billy collins 20012002.Poet Laureate billy collins Appointed to Serve a Second Term. http://www.loc.gov/poetry/laureate.html

Home Poet Laureate Poetry Cybercasts Schedule of Events ... Related Sites Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry New Poet Laureate, Billy Collins Previous Poet Laureate, Stanley Kunitz About the Position, Poet Laureate Poet Laureates, 1937-Present About the New Poet Laureate, Billy Collins Billy Collins , Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 2001-2002. Poet Laureate Billy Collins Appointed to Serve a Second Term O n June 21, 2001, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has announced the appointment of Billy Collins to be the Library's new Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. H e takes up his duties in the fall, opening the Library's annual literary series on October 25 with a reading of his work. O f his appointment, Dr. Billington said, "Billy Collins’ poetry is widely accessible. He writes in an original way about all manner of ordinary things and situations with both humor and a surprising contemplative twist. We look forward to his energizing presence next year.” H e is Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College, City University of New York, where he has taught for the past 30 years. He is also a writer-in-residence at Sarah Lawrence College and served as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library.

20. Poetry 180 - Home Page A poem a day provided by the Library of Congress, one for each of the 180 days of a typical American Category Arts Literature Poetry Electronic Text Archives...... pleasure. I hope Poetry 180 becomes an important and enriching part ofthe school day. billy collins Poet Laureate of the United States. http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

The Library of Congress Welcome to Poetry 180. Poetry can and should be an important part of our daily lives. Poems can inspire and make us think about what it means to be a member of the human race. By just spending a few minutes reading a poem each day, new worlds can be revealed. Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem each day of the 180 days of the school year. I have selected the poems you will find here with high school students in mind. They are intended to be listened to, and I suggest that all members of the school community be included as readers. A great time for the readings would be following the end of daily announcements over the public address system. Listening to poetry can encourage students and other learners to become members of the circle of readers for whom poetry is a vital source of pleasure. I hope Poetry 180 becomes an important and enriching part of the school day. Billy Collins Poet Laureate of the United States

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