<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=459763" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Reading the poems of Billy Collins</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When did you last turn the pages<br>of a book of poems as if it were a novel? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and how could a Poet Laureate ‘rejoice’-<br>as they say in flowery poetic language<br>in the name of Billy? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and it’s not so much reading<br>as being with: as if you’re in the same<br>room with him: he’s over there in the recliner, <br>self-contained but friendly; he may<br>say nothing; or make an inconsequent remark; <br>or launch into a fantasy; or say<br>something unpretentiously profound..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">it doesn’t matter now. You’re in the same room<br>with him, just being.. he’s not making a poem <br>like you hold a glass up to the light<br>and polish it; he’s not even selling ‘being’<br>like some New Age guru; he’s not asking<br>anything of you. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And thousands who view poetry with suspicion<br>sigh with relief; take up his latest book<br>and glance at him there across the room<br>with a half-smile that somehow reflects his<br>just being Billy Collins. No, not even that; <br>just being.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=459763" data-title="Reading the poems of Billy Collins de Michael Shepherd" data-description="When did you last turn the pages of a book of poems as if it were a novel? and how could a Poet Laureate ‘rejoice’- as they say in flowery poetic language in the name of Billy? and it’s not so much reading as being with: as if you’re i..."></div> </div> </div>

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