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BILLY COLLINS

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Poems found: 421

A HISTORY OF WEATHER

A NIGHT ON EARTH

A PORTRAIT OF THE READER WITH A BOWL OF CEREAL

A SENSE OF PLACE

ABSENCE

ADVICE TO A NIGHTWALKER

ADVICE TO WRITERS

AFTER

AFTER THE STORM

AFTERLIFE

AFTERNOON WITH IRISH COWS

AIMLESS LOVE

AIMLESS LOVE

AMERICAN SONNET

AMERICAN SONNET

AND HIS SEXTET

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

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

APRIL

ARISTOTLE

ARISTOTLE

ART

ART OF DROWNING

AXIOM

BAR TIME

BAR TIME

BEREFT

BEST CIGARETTE

BIOGRAPHY OF A CLOUD

BIRDS OF AMERICA

BIRTHDAY

BLOCK

BLUE

BLUES

BONSAI

BOOKS

BOOKS

BOYHOOD

BREATHLESS

BREATHLESS

BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART

BUDAPEST

BY A SWIMMING POOL OUTSIDE SIRACUSA

BY A SWIMMING POOL OUTSIDE SYRACUSA

CANADA

CANADA

CANCER

CANDLE HAT

CELEBRATION

CENTER

CHEERS

CHEERS

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

CITY OF TOMORROW

CLASS PICTURE

CLICHE

COME RUNNING

CONSOLATION

CONSOLATION

CONSTELLATIONS

CONVERSATIONAL ITALIAN

CONVERSION

CREATURES

CREATURES

DANCING TOWARD BETHLEHEM

DANCING TOWARD BETHLEHEM

DAYS

DAYS

DEAD

DEAR READER

DEAR READER

DEATH

DEATH BEDS

DEATH OF ALLEGORY

DEATH OF THE HAT

DEATHBEDS

DESIGN

DESIGN

DESIRE

DHARMA

DHARMA

DIRECTIONS

DISCOVERY OF SCAT

DOG

DOG

DRAWING CLASS

DREAM

DRIVING MYSELF TO A POETRY READING

DRIVING THROUGH THE LIGHT

DRIVING WITH ANIMALS

DUCK/RABBIT

EARTHLING

EGYPT

ELK RIVER FALLS

ELK RIVER FALLS

EMBRACE

EMBRACE

END OF THE WORLD

ENDANGERED

ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUS

ETYMOLOGY

EVENING SHOWER

EXPLORING THE COAST OF BIRDLAND

FEEDBACK

FIELD GUIDE

FIELD GUIDE

FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY EVE

FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY EVE

FIRST DREAM

FIRST GEIUSSES

FIRST LINE OF A POEM

FIRST READER

FIRST READER

FISHING ON THE SUSQUEHANNA IN JULY

FIVE FONDLY REMEMBERED PASSAGES FROM MY CHILDHOOD READING

FLAMES

FLOCK

FLYING THROUGH CLOUDS

FLYING TO A FUNERAL

FORGETFULNESS

FORGETFULNESS

FORSYTHIA

FORSYTHIA

FRANKENSTEIN POET

FUR

GENIUS

GENIUS

GENIUS

GOING OUT FOR CIGARETTES

GOING OUT FOR CIGARETTES

GRAVE

GREAT WALTER PATER

HART CRANE

HER

HERE, THERE, AND ELSEWHERE

HIGH STICK

HISTORY OF WEATHER

HISTORY TEACHER

HOME AGAIN

HOPELESS BUT NOT SERIOUS

HORIZON

HORSEMAN, PASS BY!

HOUSE

HOUSEFLY

HUNGER

HUNT

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 ALL THE EXCITEMENT I FORGOT TO ASK HIS NAME

IN THE EVENING

IN THE ROOM OF A THOUSAND MILES

IN THE ROOM OF A THOUSAND MILES

INDOORS

INFLUENCE

INFLUENCE

INSOMNIA (1)

INSOMNIA (2)

INSOMNIA (2)

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ARTIST

INTO THE VALLEY

INTRODUCTION TO POETRY

INTRODUCTION TO POETRY

INVECTIVE

INVENTION

INVENTION OF THE SAXOPHONE

IRISH POETRY

ISTANBUL

IT IS BITTER COLD TONIGHT AT SEA

JACK

JANUARY IN PARIS

JAPAN

JAPANESE WATER

JAZZ AND NATURE

JEALOUSY

JEALOUSY

JOURNAL

KEAT'S HANDWRITING

LADYBUG

LADYBUG

LAST MAN ON EARTH

LATE SHOW

LENSES

LESSON

LIFE OF RILEY: A DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY

LIGHTYEAR

LINES COMPOSED OVER THREE THOUSAND MILES FROM TINTERN ABBEY

LINES LOST AMONG TREES

LIST OF ANCIENT PASTIMES

LISTENER

LITANY

LITERARY LIFE

LIU YUNG

LOOKING WEST

LOST

LOVE

LOVE IN THE SAHARA

LOWELL, MASS.

LOWELL, MASS.

MADMEN

MAN IN SPACE

MAN IN SPACE

MAN IN THE MOON

MAN LISTENNG TO DISC

MANY FACES OF JAZZ

MAPPAMUNDI

MAPPAMUNDI

MARGINALIA

MARGINALIA

MATCHES

MEDIEVAL SHIPBUILDING

MEDIUM

MEDIUM

MEMORIZING €ŒTHE SUN RISING€? BY JOHN DONNE

METAMORPHOSIS

METROPOLIS

MODERN PEASANT

MOMENTO MORI

MONDAY

MONDAY MORNING

MONOCULAR

MOON

MORE THAN A WOMAN

MORE THAN A WOMAN

MORNING

MORNING

MORNING AFTER MY DEATH

MOVIES

MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS REVISITED

MY HEART

MY LIFE

MY NUMBER

MY NUMBER

NEUROLOGY

NEXT POEM

NIGHT HOUSE

NIGHT ON EARTH

NIGHT SAND

NIGHTCLUB

NIGHTCLUB

NO TIME

NO TIME

NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH LIERATURE

NOSTALGIA

NOSTALGIA

NOT TOUCHING

NOVEMBER

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

ONLY THING I BROUGHT TO READ

OSSO BOCO

OSSO BUCO

PAPERWORK

PAPERWORK

PARADELLE FOR SUSAN

PARIS

PARIS

PASSENGERS

PASSENGERS

PAST

PAVILION

PENNSYLVANIA

PENSEE

PERSONAL HISTORY

PHILOSOPHY

PIANO LESSONS

PICNIC, LIGHTNING

PIE MAN

PIE MAN

PIN-UP

PINUP

PLIGHT OF THE TROUBADOUR

POEM

POEM

POEM WITH A PROPELLER

PORLOCK BEACH

PORTRAIT OF THE READER WITH A BOWL OF CEREAL

PRINT

PRINT

PROGRAMS

PROGRAMS

PURITY

PUTTI IN THE NIGHT

PUTTING DOWN THE CAT

QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS

QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS

RAIN

RAINY DAY

RCA VICTOR

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

READING IN A HAMMOCK

READING MYSELF TO SLEEP

REINCARNATION AND YOU

REMEMBERING DREAMS

REMISSION

REPORT FROM SICILY

RETRACTION

RIP VAN WINKLE

RIVAL POET

ROMANTICISM

ROMANTICISM

ROOM IN WINTER

ROYAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

SARTRE

SATURDAY MORNING

SCHOOLSVILLE

SCHOOLSVILLE

SCIENTIFIC STUDY

SCOTLAND

SERPENTINE

SHADOW

SHAKESPEARE

SHOVELING SNOW WITH BUDDHA

SICK ROOM

SICK ROOM

SILENCE

SILENCE

SNOW

SNOW DAY

SOME DAYS

SOME DAYS

SOME FINAL WORDS

SONNET

SONNET

SPHERE

SPLITTING WOOD

SPLITTING WOOD

STARE

STATUES IN THE PARK

STILL LIFE

STRANGE LANDS

STUDENT OF CLOUDS

STUDENT OF CLOUDS

STUDY IN ORANGE AND WHITE

SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE SENSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES

SWEET TALK

TAKING OFF EMILY DICKINSON'S CLOTHES

TAKING OFF EMILY DICKINSON'S CLOTHES

TEACHER

THE AFTERLIFE

THE ART OF DROWNING

THE BEST CIGARETTE

THE BIOGRAPHY OF A CLOUD

THE BREATHER

THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART

THE CHAIRS THAT NO ONE SITS IN

THE DEATH OF ALLEGORY

THE END OF THE WORLD

THE FIRST NIGHT

THE GENIUS

THE GOLDEN YEARS

THE HANGOVER

THE HISTORY TEACHER

THE IRON BRIDGE

THE LANYARD

THE LISTENER

THE LONG DAY

THE MOMENT

THE MORNING AFTER MY DEATH

THE MOST COMMONLY USED WORDS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY

THE MOVIES

THE NEXT POEM

THE ONLY DAY IN EXISTENCE

THE PARADE

THE TEACHER

THE THREE WISHES

THE TROUBLE WITH POETRY

THE WAITRESS

THE WIRES OF THE NIGHT

THEME

THESAURUS

THESAURUS

THIS MUCH I DO REMEMBER

THREE WISHES

THREESOME

THREESOME

TO A STRANGER BORN IN SOME DISTANT COUNTRY

TODAY

TOMES

TOURIST: DROMAHAIR, CO. SLIGO

TRAVELING ALONE

TROMPE L'OEIL

TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1991

TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 1991

VADE MECUM

VANISHING POINT

VELOCITY

VICTORIA'S SECRET

VODKA

WAITRESS

WALKING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

WATER TABLE

WATER TABLE

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

WEIGHING THE DOG

WHAT I LEARNED TODAY

WHAT I LEARNED TODAY

WHAT SHE SAID

WHERE I LIVE

WHILE EATING A PEAR

WHILE EATING A PEAR

WHY I WOULD RATHER BE A PAINTER

WHY I WOULD RATHER BE A PAINTER

WILLIES

WINTER NIGHT

WINTER SPARROW

WINTER SPARROW

WINTER SYNTAX

WIRES OF THE NIGHT

WOLF

WONDER OF THE WORLD

WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP

WRITING IN THE AFTERLIFE

YOU, READER



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