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Collins, Billy, author.

The trouble with poetry and other poems / Billy Collins.

1st edition.

New York : Random House, [2005]

©2005

88 pages ; 22 cm

A collection of poetry by American poet Billy Collins which reflects themes on boyhood, jazz, love, the passage of time, and writing.

Poetry.

Poetry.

Poems. Selections

Trouble with poetry

You, reader -- Monday -- Statues in the park -- Traveling alone -- House -- In the moment -- The peasants' revolt -- Theme -- Eastern Standard Time -- The long day -- I ask you -- Breathless -- In the evening -- Bereft -- Flock -- Boyhood -- Building with its face blown off -- Special glasses -- The lanyard -- Boy shooting at a statue -- Genius -- The student -- Reaper -- The order of the day -- Constellations -- The drive -- On not finding you at home -- The centrifuge -- The introduction -- The revenant -- See no evil -- Freud -- Height -- The lodger -- Class picture, 1954 -- Care and feeding -- Carry -- Drawing class -- The flying notebook -- Fool me good -- Evening alone -- The trouble with poetry -- Silence.

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