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SNOW DAY by Billy Collins Today we woke up to a revolution
SNOW DAY by Billy Collins Today we woke up to a revolution of snow, its white flag waving over everything, the landscape vanished, not a single...

Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson. Taking Off Emily Dickinsons
Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson. Taking Off Emily Dickinsons Clothes by BILLY COLLINS First, her tippet made of tulle, easily lifted off her sh...

MY NUMBER by Billy Collins Is Death miles away from this
MY NUMBER by Billy Collins Is Death miles away from this house, reaching for a widow in Cincinnati or breathing down the neck of a lost hiker in ...

THE PEASANTS REVOLT by Billy Collins It will all be over
THE PEASANTS REVOLT by Billy Collins It will all be over soon enough— the shirt hanging from the doorknob, trees beyond the windows, and the ket...

Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers out there, and hats off to
Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers out there, and hats off to the fathers who are gone from us. This poem is Billys tribute to his father, William ...

THE LANYARD by Billy Collins The other day as I was
THE LANYARD by Billy Collins The other day as I was ricocheting slowly off the blue walls of this room, moving as if underwater from typewriter to ...

Despair by Billy Collins So much gloom and doubt in our
Despair by Billy Collins So much gloom and doubt in our poetry - flowers wilting on the table, the self regarding itself in a watery mirror. Dead ...

ON SALE NOW! Tickets to Aspen Summer Words public readings and
ON SALE NOW! Tickets to Aspen Summer Words public readings and panel discussions (June 13-18). Dont miss our outstanding faculty and publishing exper...