false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157173460m/676.jpg 676 4 <b>Sailing Alone Around the Room</b>, by America&#8217;s Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, contains both new poems and a generous gathering from his earlier collections <b>The Apple That Astonished Paris</b>, <b>Questions About Angels</b>, <b>The Art of Drowning</b>, and <b>Picnic, Lightning</b>. These poems show Collins at his best, performing the kinds of distinctive poetic maneuvers that have delighted and fascinated so many readers. They may begin in curiosity and end in grief; they may start with irony and end with lyric transformation; they may, and often do, begin with the everyday and end in the infinite. Possessed of a unique voice that is at once plain and melodic, Billy Collins has managed to enrich American poetry while greatly widening the circle of its audience. 752463 2001 Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems total:1786|5:851|4:652|3:219|2:40|1:24| 1786 7624 2201 201 5 2 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Sep 22 22:05:19 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 07:51:31 -0700 2007 Marginalia where the poet ponders the kinship h...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 08:04:59 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 14:01:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Nov 14 15:01:51 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 18 10:11:29 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 14 15:01:51 -0800 2009


The other day as I was ricocheting slowly
off the blue walls of this room
bouncing from typewriter to piano
from bookshelf to an envelope lying on the floor,
I found myself in the "L" section of the dictionary
where my eyes ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon May 21 09:07:26 -0700 2007 Mon May 21 13:14:17 -0700 2007
the lanyard



The other day as I was ricocheting slowly
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From "Books"
From the heart of this dark, evacuated campus
I can hear the library humming in the night,
a choir of authors murmuring inside their books
along the unlit, alphabetical shelves,
Giovanni Pontano next to Pope, Dumas next to hi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 15:57:41 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 15:41:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 01 07:29:54 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 07:52:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 16:04:13 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 16:12:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 15:20:15 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 15:26:18 -0800 2009 I remembered this book after hearing someone, probably Garrison Keillor, read a poem from it aloud. I...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:39:31 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 10:13:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 13:18:13 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 17:05:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 13 18:04:53 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 18:05:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Mar 27 12:09:18 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 12:11:22 -0700 2008
Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes

First, her tippet made of tulle,
easily lifted off her shoulders and laid
on the back of a wooden chair. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 21:20:31 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 21:20:31 -0800 2007
Japan

Today I pass the time reading
a favorite haiku,
saying the few words over and over.

It feels like eating
the same small, perfect grape
again and again.

I walk through the house r...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Oct 16 13:02:41 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 07 09:14:57 -0800 2007
By Lynn Hoffman "author: The New Short Course in...

I'm told that most modern poets don't like Billy
Collins. Good, I feel better now about not liking most modern poets. Collins tells little stories of
the inside and outside world, composes jokes small
...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 18 23:18:42 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 23:42:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 21 20:14:47 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 20:21:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:45:32 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:50:38 -0700 2009 I recommend this book to anyone who likes reading--especially if you've wanted to read more poetry but haven'...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=676