William A. Collins est un poète américain célébré pour son approche accessible mais profonde du vers. Son œuvre explore souvent les aspects ordinaires de la vie quotidienne, trouvant une profondeur et un esprit inattendus dans des sujets communs, révélant ainsi la beauté et l'intrigue du monde qui nous entoure. Le style de Collins se distingue par sa clarté, son économie de langage et son humour délicat, faisant de lui une voix appréciée et respectée dans la poésie américaine contemporaine.
Presents a volume of more than fifty new poems accompanied by a generous gathering from the author's collections of the past decade, lending insight into his overall poetic achievements and his use of playful, ironic, and melodic language
Sailing Alone Around the Room, by America’s Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, contains both new poems and a generous gathering from his earlier collections The Apple That Astonished Paris, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning. 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.
An invitation to rethink everything you thought you knew from US poet laureate, Billy Collins
A dazzling new anthology of 180 contemporary poems, selected and introduced by America’s Poet Laureate, Billy Collins.Inspired by Billy Collins’s poem-a-day program with the Library of Congress, Poetry 180 is the perfect anthology for readers who appreciate engaging, thoughtful poems that are an immediate pleasure.A 180-degree turn implies a turning back—in this case, to poetry. A collection of 180 poems by the most exciting poets at work today, Poetry 180 represents the richness and diversity of the form, and is designed to beckon readers with a selection of poems that are impossible not to love at first glance. Open the anthology to any page and discover a new poem to cherish, or savor all the poems, one at a time, to feel the full measure of contemporary poetry’s vibrance and abundance.With poems by Catherine Bowman, Lucille Clifton, Billy Collins, Dana Gioia, Edward Hirsch, Galway Kinnell, Kenneth Koch, Philip Levine, Thomas Lux, William Matthews, Frances Mayes, Paul Muldoon, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Katha Pollitt, Mary Jo Salter, Charles Simic, David Wojahn, Paul Zimmer, and many more.
Whale Day brings together more than fifty poems and showcases Billy Collins's deft mixing of the playful and the serious that has made him one of America's most celebrated and widely read poets.
"Billy Collin's first new book in three years contains more than forty new poems that showcase [his] generosity, playfulness, and wisdom"--
In this new collection, "America's most popular poet" covers the everlasting themes of love and loss, life and death, youth and aging, solitude and union.
Featuring over 125 concise and impactful poems, this collection takes readers on a journey from Kansas to Oz, reflecting the author's unique perspective and poetic voice. The work showcases his ability to capture profound insights in a compact form, blending themes of nostalgia, imagination, and the human experience. As a former U.S. Poet Laureate and bestselling author, the poet invites readers to explore a vivid landscape of emotions and thoughts through his incisive verses.
Joy and wonder permeate over sixty new poems, where the beauty and irony of daily life are explored. Billy Collins emphasizes that great poetry starts with clarity and culminates in mystery, presenting moments that resonate deeply, from a cat by the pool to an astronaut reading Dickinson. His simple yet melodic voice invites readers to pause and appreciate the ordinary, revealing the sublime hidden within. Esteemed by major publications, Collins is celebrated as one of America's beloved poets.