“Forgetfulness,” poem by Billy CollinsAmerican poet laureate Billy Collins discussing and reading his work, from the documentaryBilly Collins: On the Road with the Poet Laureate(2003).(more) See all videos for this article In 2001 Collins was namedpoet laureateconsultant in poetry to theLibrary...
The Companionship of a Poem. Focuses on the connection between poetry and learning. How the study of poetry replicates the way students learn and think; Explanation of poet William Mat... Collins,Billy - 《Chronicle of Higher Education》 被引量: 8发表: 2001年 The Meaning and Experience of ...
–Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States 2001-3 “Joann Smith’sA Heaven of Their Choosingis a collection of authentic, gut wrenching, raw, hold your breath, can’t put them down, stories. There is a miracle in these pages that transports the reader to the place where art tra...
This poem by David Kirbyshowed up today. It made me cry, like really – tears and everything – in part because I come from a family where we touch the feet of elders, but mostly because of this pair of lines: So let this poem brush across the feet of anyone who reads it. Poetry...
… combining the personal and particular with the universal, each touching in surprising ways … experiences that burn deep, that need to be told. – Sean Lusk (Memoir) Strong poems. First place is a poem I wish I’d written! – Billy Collins (Poetry) ...
to make sure I don’t talk too fast, or too glibly. Usually I try to create a hospitable tone at the beginning of a poem. Stepping from the title to the first lines is like stepping into a canoe. A lot of things can go wrong.”(http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/billy-collins)...
A poem resonates with the reader in a way that prose cannot, and lovers of poetry will want to add these 15 best poetry books to their libraries. When Amanda Gorman took to the stage at the 2021 presidential inauguration, America set its sights on poetry once again. The dynamic, young ...
and remarkable stories as to why these verses helped them. Their little testimonials are offered, and then the poem itself. I have found the stories about the work to be as interesting to me in some cases as the poems themselves, although the explanations really helped open up the riches of...
Gary Copeland Lilley, Black Poem (chapbook, Hollyridge Press) Savora Matzo, Soul of Savora (Bamboo Books) David McAleavey, Huge Haiku (Chax Press) Richard McCann, Mother of Sorrows (Pantheon Books) Judith McCombs, The Habit of Fire: Poems Selected & New (The Word Works) Laura ...
poems don’t have to rhyme. Billy Collins is a great example of non-rhyming poems. His poems are informal and conversational. When you read them, you feel like you’re sitting down to tea with an old friend. Rhymes can be fun, but they can also distract from your poem’s message bec...