And Other Poems

By Billy Collins

Favorite quote: “The birds are in their trees, / the toast is in the toaster, / and the poets are at their windows.”

From the publisher: Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With his distinct voice and accessible language, America’s two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed.

In this dazzling collection, Collins explores boyhood, jazz, love, the passage of time, and, of course, writing–themes familiar to Collins’s fans but made new here. Gorgeous, funny, and deeply empathetic, Billy Collins’s poetry is a window through which we see our lives as if for the first time.

Softcover

5.25 × 8 inches | 112 pages