Poems by Billy Collins
Introduction to Poetry
... waving at the author's name on the shore ...
Another Reason Why I Don't Keep A Gun In The House
... When the record finally ends he is still barking, ...
Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes
... and I could hear her sigh when finally it was unloosed, ...
Report from the Subtropics
... and once inside, no iron stove waiting like an old woman ...
The Parade
... pulling on our arms with all their feeble strength ...
... to draw him and the thin reeds waving in his stream ...
Nostalgia
... of rival baronies and conquer one another in cold rooms of stone ...
Creatures
... I said, taking the thing from you and flinging it out ...
Man in Space
... are not pictured making a salad or reading a magazine ...
Today
... indeed, rip the little door from its jamb, ...
Canada
... You are the moose in the clearing and the moosehead on the wall ...
The Chairs That No One Sits In
... Then there is nothing but the sound of their looking, ...
Questions About Angels
... What about their sleeping habits, the fabric of their robes, ...
Study in Orange and White
... e d'Orsay among all the colored dots and mobile brushstrokes ...
Writing in the Afterlife
... and not a thing is moving, only our diligent pens ...
