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BILLY COLLINS

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Poems found: 421

A NIGHT ON EARTH

BAR TIME

BREATHLESS

CONSOLATION

IN THE EVENING

DOG

BEREFT

GOING OUT FOR CIGARETTES

STATUES IN THE PARK

MONDAY

INSOMNIA (2)

JEALOUSY

LOWELL, MASS.

MADMEN

TOMES

MAN LISTENNG TO DISC

NO TIME

NOVEMBER

PARIS

PICNIC, LIGHTNING

PIE MAN

THE IRON BRIDGE

PROGRAMS

THE MORNING AFTER MY DEATH

READING AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHINESE POEMS OF THE SUNG DYNASTY, I PAUSE TO ADMIRE THE LENGTH AND CLARITY

PAVILION

SCHOOLSVILLE

THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART

MY NUMBER

SONNET

STUDY IN ORANGE AND WHITE

THE MOST COMMONLY USED WORDS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY

THE THREE WISHES

THE WAITRESS

TODAY

WRITING IN THE AFTERLIFE

FISHING ON THE SUSQUEHANNA IN JULY

FORGETFULNESS

INTRODUCTION TO POETRY

LITANY

SOME DAYS

THE FIRST NIGHT

THE GOLDEN YEARS

WORKSHOP

MORE THAN A WOMAN

A HISTORY OF WEATHER

A SENSE OF PLACE

AIMLESS LOVE

AMERICAN SONNET

ARISTOTLE

BOOKS

BOYHOOD

CANADA

CHEERS

CREATURES

DANCING TOWARD BETHLEHEM

DAYS

DEAR READER

DEATHBEDS

DESIGN

ELK RIVER FALLS

FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY EVE

FIRST READER

FORSYTHIA

GENIUS

HER

IN ALL THE EXCITEMENT I FORGOT TO ASK HIS NAME

IN THE ROOM OF A THOUSAND MILES

INFLUENCE

IRISH POETRY

JANUARY IN PARIS

LADYBUG

LIU YUNG

MAN IN SPACE

MAPPAMUNDI

MARGINALIA

MEDIUM

MEMORIZING €ŒTHE SUN RISING€? BY JOHN DONNE

MORNING

NO TIME

NOSTALGIA

OSSO BOCO

PAPERWORK

PIN-UP

PRINT

QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS

ROMANTICISM

SICK ROOM

SILENCE

SNOW DAY

SPLITTING WOOD

STUDENT OF CLOUDS

THE AFTERLIFE

THE ART OF DROWNING

THE BEST CIGARETTE

THE BIOGRAPHY OF A CLOUD

THE BREATHER

THE CHAIRS THAT NO ONE SITS IN

THE DEATH OF ALLEGORY

THE END OF THE WORLD

THE GENIUS

THE LISTENER

THE LONG DAY

THE MOMENT

THE MOVIES

THE NEXT POEM

THE PARADE

THE WIRES OF THE NIGHT

THESAURUS

THREESOME

TRAVELING ALONE

TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 1991

WHAT I LEARNED TODAY

WHILE EATING A PEAR

WHY I WOULD RATHER BE A PAINTER

WINTER SPARROW

THE TEACHER

THE LANYARD

THE HANGOVER

WHAT SHE SAID

EMBRACE

FEEDBACK

ANOTHER REASON I DON'T KEEP A GUN IN THE HOUSE

RAIN

THE TROUBLE WITH POETRY

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

GRAVE

WATER TABLE

HOUSE

NIGHTCLUB

DHARMA

PASSENGERS

A PORTRAIT OF THE READER WITH A BOWL OF CEREAL

BY A SWIMMING POOL OUTSIDE SIRACUSA

THE ONLY DAY IN EXISTENCE

FIELD GUIDE

CLASS PICTURE

INVENTION

TAKING OFF EMILY DICKINSON'S CLOTHES

THE HISTORY TEACHER

IT IS BITTER COLD TONIGHT AT SEA

MORE THAN A WOMAN

HISTORY OF WEATHER

NIGHT ON EARTH

PORTRAIT OF THE READER WITH A BOWL OF CEREAL

SCIENTIFIC STUDY

WONDER OF THE WORLD

ABSENCE

ADVICE TO A NIGHTWALKER

ADVICE TO WRITERS

AFTER

AFTER THE STORM

AFTERNOON WITH IRISH COWS

AIMLESS LOVE

AMERICAN SONNET

AND HIS SEXTET

ANOTHER REASON WHY I DON'T KEEP A GUN IN THE HOUSE

APRIL

ARISTOTLE

ART

AXIOM

BAR TIME

BIRTHDAY

BONSAI

BOOKS

BREATHLESS

BUDAPEST

BY A SWIMMING POOL OUTSIDE SYRACUSA

CANADA

CANCER

CANDLE HAT

CELEBRATION

CENTER

CHEERS

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

CLICHE

COME RUNNING

CONSOLATION

CONSTELLATIONS

CONVERSATIONAL ITALIAN

CONVERSION

CREATURES

DANCING TOWARD BETHLEHEM

DAYS

DEAR READER

DEATH

DEATH BEDS

DESIGN

DESIRE

DHARMA

DIRECTIONS

DOG

DRAWING CLASS

DREAM

DRIVING MYSELF TO A POETRY READING

DRIVING THROUGH THE LIGHT

DRIVING WITH ANIMALS

DUCK/RABBIT

EARTHLING

EGYPT

ELK RIVER FALLS

EMBRACE

ENDANGERED

ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUS

ETYMOLOGY

EVENING SHOWER

EXPLORING THE COAST OF BIRDLAND

FIELD GUIDE

FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY EVE

FIRST READER

FIVE FONDLY REMEMBERED PASSAGES FROM MY CHILDHOOD READING

FLAMES

FLOCK

FLYING THROUGH CLOUDS

FLYING TO A FUNERAL

FORGETFULNESS

FORSYTHIA

FUR

GENIUS

GOING OUT FOR CIGARETTES

HART CRANE

HERE, THERE, AND ELSEWHERE

HIGH STICK

HOME AGAIN

HOPELESS BUT NOT SERIOUS

HORIZON

HORSEMAN, PASS BY!

HOUSEFLY

HUNGER

I CHOP SOME PARSLEY WHILE LISTENING TO ART BLAKEY'S VERSION

I GO BACK TO THE HOUSE FOR A BOOK

IDIOMATIC

IN ALL THE EXCITEMENT I FORGOT TO ASK HIS NAME

IN THE ROOM OF A THOUSAND MILES

INDOORS

INFLUENCE

INSOMNIA (1)

INSOMNIA (2)

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ARTIST

INTO THE VALLEY

INTRODUCTION TO POETRY

INVECTIVE

ISTANBUL

JACK

JAPAN

JAPANESE WATER

JAZZ AND NATURE

JEALOUSY

JOURNAL

KEAT'S HANDWRITING

LADYBUG

LATE SHOW

LENSES

LIGHTYEAR

LINES COMPOSED OVER THREE THOUSAND MILES FROM TINTERN ABBEY

LINES LOST AMONG TREES

LOOKING WEST

LOST

LOVE

LOVE IN THE SAHARA

LOWELL, MASS.

MAN IN SPACE

MAPPAMUNDI

MARGINALIA

MATCHES

MEDIEVAL SHIPBUILDING

MEDIUM

METAMORPHOSIS

METROPOLIS

MODERN PEASANT

MOMENTO MORI

MONDAY MORNING

MONOCULAR

MOON

MORNING

MORNING AFTER MY DEATH

MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS REVISITED

MY HEART

MY LIFE

MY NUMBER

NEUROLOGY

NIGHT SAND

NIGHTCLUB

NOSTALGIA

NOT TOUCHING

NOVEMBER

ON CLOSING ANNA KARENINA

ON THE READING IN THE MORNING PAPER THAT DREAMS MAY BE ....

ON TURNING TEN

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

ONE SELF

OSSO BUCO

PAPERWORK

PARADELLE FOR SUSAN

PARIS

PASSENGERS

PENNSYLVANIA

PENSEE

PERSONAL HISTORY

PHILOSOPHY

PIANO LESSONS

PIE MAN

PINUP

PLIGHT OF THE TROUBADOUR

POEM

POEM

POEM WITH A PROPELLER

PORLOCK BEACH

PRINT

PROGRAMS

PURITY

PUTTI IN THE NIGHT

PUTTING DOWN THE CAT

QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS

RAINY DAY

RCA VICTOR

READING IN A HAMMOCK

READING MYSELF TO SLEEP

REINCARNATION AND YOU

REMEMBERING DREAMS

REMISSION

REPORT FROM SICILY

RETRACTION

RIP VAN WINKLE

ROMANTICISM

ROOM IN WINTER

SARTRE

SATURDAY MORNING

SCHOOLSVILLE

SCOTLAND

SERPENTINE

SHADOW

SHAKESPEARE

SHOVELING SNOW WITH BUDDHA

SICK ROOM

SILENCE

SNOW

SOME DAYS

SOME FINAL WORDS

SONNET

SPLITTING WOOD

STILL LIFE

STRANGE LANDS

STUDENT OF CLOUDS

SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE SENSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES

SWEET TALK

TAKING OFF EMILY DICKINSON'S CLOTHES

AFTERLIFE

ART OF DROWNING

BEST CIGARETTE

BIOGRAPHY OF A CLOUD

BIRDS OF AMERICA

BLOCK

BLUE

BLUES

BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART

CITY OF TOMORROW

DEAD

DEATH OF ALLEGORY

DEATH OF THE HAT

DISCOVERY OF SCAT

END OF THE WORLD

FIRST DREAM

FIRST GEIUSSES

FIRST LINE OF A POEM

FRANKENSTEIN POET

GENIUS

GREAT WALTER PATER

HISTORY TEACHER

HUNT

INVENTION OF THE SAXOPHONE

LAST MAN ON EARTH

LESSON

LIFE OF RILEY: A DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY

LIST OF ANCIENT PASTIMES

LISTENER

LITERARY LIFE

MAN IN THE MOON

MANY FACES OF JAZZ

MOVIES

NEXT POEM

NIGHT HOUSE

NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH LIERATURE

ONLY THING I BROUGHT TO READ

PAST

RIVAL POET

ROYAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

SPHERE

STARE

TEACHER

THREE WISHES

WAITRESS

WILLIES

WIRES OF THE NIGHT

THEME

THESAURUS

THIS MUCH I DO REMEMBER

THREESOME

TO A STRANGER BORN IN SOME DISTANT COUNTRY

TOURIST: DROMAHAIR, CO. SLIGO

TROMPE L'OEIL

TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1991

VADE MECUM

VANISHING POINT

VELOCITY

VICTORIA'S SECRET

VODKA

WALKING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

WATER TABLE

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

WEIGHING THE DOG

WHAT I LEARNED TODAY

WHERE I LIVE

WHILE EATING A PEAR

WHY I WOULD RATHER BE A PAINTER

WINTER NIGHT

WINTER SPARROW

WINTER SYNTAX

WOLF

WORKSHOP

YOU, READER



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