Industry Reviews
"I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours--smart, his strings tuned and resonant, his wonderful eye looping over the things, events and ideas of the world, rueful, playful, warm-voiced, easy to love."
--E. Annie Proulx "Billy Collins writes lovely poems--lovely in a way almost nobody's since Roethke's are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides."
--John Updike "Billy Collins, America's poet laureate, 'hits you between the eyes' with his 'twisted' take on everyday life."
--U.S. News & World Report "Billy Collins's poetry is heartbreakingly beautiful. It is also wise, funny, and brilliant. My ten favorites keep shifting all the time. Ovid is in again; so is Billy Collins."
--Gerald Stern "These are wonderful poems and he's one of our best poets."
--American Poet "Billy Collins writes a kind of poetry that is . . . graceful, inviting, generous-hearted, able to treat engagingly of life's pleasures as well as its pain. . . . entering a poem by Mr. Collins is like entering a comfortable yet beautifully appointed guet room; for the time being, it will give you all that you need."
--The Washington Times "The easy swing of Collins's lines reflect his love of jazz and his ready response to beauty; the warmth of his voice emanates from his instinct for pleasure and his propensity toward humor. . . . Collins is jazzman and Buddhist, charmer and prince."
--Booklist -Billy Collins, America's poet laureate, 'hits you between the eyes' with his 'twisted' take on everyday life.-
--U.S. News & World Report -Billy Collins's poetry is heartbreakingly beautiful. It is also wise, funny, and brilliant. My ten favorites keep shifting all the time. Ovid is in again; so is Billy Collins.-
--Gerald Stern -These are wonderful poems and he's one of our best poets.-
--American Poet -Billy Collins writes a kind of poetry that is . . . graceful, inviting, generous-hearted, able to treat engagingly of life's pleasures as well as its pain. . . . entering a poem by Mr. Collins is like entering a comfortable yet beautifully appointed guet room; for the time being, it will give you all that you need.-
--The Washington Times -Billy Collins writes lovely poems--lovely in a way almost nobody's since Roethke's are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.-
--John Updike I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours smart, his strings tuned and resonant, his wonderful eye looping over the things, events and ideas of the world, rueful, playful, warm-voiced, easy to love.
E. Annie Proulx
" Billy Collins, America's poet laureate, 'hits you between the eyes' with his 'twisted' take on everyday life.
U.S. News & World Report
" Billy Collins's poetry is heartbreakingly beautiful. It is also wise, funny, and brilliant. My ten favorites keep shifting all the time. Ovid is in again; so is Billy Collins.
Gerald Stern
" These are wonderful poems and he s one of our best poets.
American Poet
" Billy Collins writes a kind of poetry that is . . . graceful, inviting, generous-hearted, able to treat engagingly of life s pleasures as well as its pain. . . . entering a poem by Mr. Collins is like entering a comfortable yet beautifully appointed guet room; for the time being, it will give you all that you need.
The Washington Times
" The easy swing of Collins's lines reflect his love of jazz and his ready response to beauty; the warmth of his voice emanates from his instinct for pleasure and his propensity toward humor. . . . Collins is jazzman and Buddhist, charmer and prince.
--Booklist" Billy Collins writes lovely poems lovely in a way almost nobody s since Roethke s are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.
--John Updike
" Billy Collins, America's poet laureate, 'hits you between the eyes' with his 'twisted' take on everyday life.
" U.S. News & World Report"" Billy Collins's poetry is heartbreakingly beautiful. It is also wise, funny, and brilliant. My ten favorites keep shifting all the time. Ovid is in again; so is Billy Collins.
Gerald Stern" These are wonderful poems and he s one of our best poets.
" American Poet"" Billy Collins writes a kind of poetry that is . . . graceful, inviting, generous-hearted, able to treat engagingly of life s pleasures as well as its pain. . . . entering a poem by Mr. Collins is like entering a comfortable yet beautifully appointed guet room; for the time being, it will give you all that you need.
" The Washington Times"" Billy Collins writes lovely poems lovely in a way almost nobody s since Roethke s are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.
--John Updike" "Billy Collins, America's poet laureate, 'hits you between the eyes' with his 'twisted' take on everyday life."
"--U.S. News & World Report" "Billy Collins's poetry is heartbreakingly beautiful. It is also wise, funny, and brilliant. My ten favorites keep shifting all the time. Ovid is in again; so is Billy Collins."
--Gerald Stern "These are wonderful poems and he's one of our best poets."
"--American Poet" "Billy Collins writes a kind of poetry that is . . . graceful, inviting, generous-hearted, able to treat engagingly of life's pleasures as well as its pain. . . . entering a poem by Mr. Collins is like entering a comfortable yet beautifully appointed guet room; for the time being, it will give you all that you need."
"--The Washington Times" "Billy Collins writes lovely poems--lovely in a way almost nobody's since Roethke's are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides."
--John Updike "Billy Collins writes lovely poems--lovely in a way almost nobody's since Roethke's are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides."
"--John Updike" " Billy Collins writes lovely poems& mdash; lovely in a way almost nobody's since Roethke's are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides. "
--John Updike " The easy swing of Collins's lines reflect his love of jazz and his ready response to beauty; the warmth of his voice emanates from his instinct for pleasure and his propensity toward humor. . . . Collins is jazzman and Buddhist, charmer and prince. "
--Booklist " Billy Collins writes lovely poems-- lovely in a way almost nobody' s since Roethke' s are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides."
"--John Updike" " The easy swing of Collins's lines reflect his love of jazz and his ready response to beauty; the warmth of his voice emanates from his instinct for pleasure and his propensity toward humor. . . . Collins is jazzman and Buddhist, charmer and prince."
"--Booklist"
