Jordan's review
The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems by Billy Collins
I read most of this standing in Kramerbooks on Dupont Circle (as I am reading Omnivore's Dilemma). I intend to read many books for free here...
Oh! Collins's poetry is great. I wish I knew how Collins writes so artlessly and artfully at the same time. It's like he gets you to trust him by giving you down-to-earth material... and then all of the sudden by the final stanzas of a poem switches to a poignant lens that most readers probably would have thought was cheesy (not profound) had he not already gained their trust.
Oh! Collins's poetry is great. I wish I knew how Collins writes so artlessly and artfully at the same time. It's like he gets you to trust him by giving you down-to-earth material... and then all of the sudden by the final stanzas of a poem switches to a poignant lens that most readers probably would have thought was cheesy (not profound) had he not already gained their trust.
