![]() ![]() The opening poem just delighted me to no end. He is what he is and I am very thankful that he writes and publishes. I don’t think he’s ever challenged anything about my view of the world or reality. In general I think I ultimately prefer what I might call the poets of profound meanings, yet each time I’ve come to one of Collins’ books I have enjoyed myself, read with delight, often with a smile or an inner “wow” over some image or line. But Collins seems to write for the poetry itself, the manner of expression, the images created. I read some poets who are intellectually profound or with great sensibility of meaning of life or pain or joy or. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002īilly Collins seems to me a poet who writes poems for the sake of poetry itself - the language, the expression, the images. SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM (Poetry) By Billy Collins Book review - By Billy Collins - SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM (Poetry) Reviews of Nobel Prize winner ![]()
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