![]() ![]() ![]() My brother lives next door to me and has exactly the dog of the poem, so, of course, I strained brotherly relations by hurrying over to his house to read him the poem. ![]() “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House” is about a barking dog that disturbs the poet, so he turns on a Beethoven symphony and plays it as loud as he can, but the dog barks even louder and soon enters into the symphony, winning its chair along with the orchestra. The opening poem just delighted me to no end. He is what he is and I am very thankful that he writes and publishes. ![]() I don’t think he’s ever challenged anything about my view of the world or reality. In general I think I ultimately prefer what I might call the poets of profound meanings, yet each time I’ve come to one of Collins’ books I have enjoyed myself, read with delight, often with a smile or an inner “wow” over some image or line. But Collins seems to write for the poetry itself, the manner of expression, the images created. I read some poets who are intellectually profound or with great sensibility of meaning of life or pain or joy or. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002īilly Collins seems to me a poet who writes poems for the sake of poetry itself - the language, the expression, the images. SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM (Poetry) By Billy Collins Book review - By Billy Collins - SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM (Poetry) Reviews of Nobel Prize winner ![]()
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