Poems from Billy Collins, Patricia Smith and Marc J. Straus. In a new collection of poems, Billy Collins reiterates many of his usual themes with a healthy dose of his usual panache — and performs one ...

We've invited Billy Collins — who served as U.S. poet laureate from 2001 to 2003 — to play a game called, "I can feel it coming in the air tonight." Three questions about musician Phil Collins. PETER ...

This collection hit the front page of the New York Times its first time out of the blocks in 1999, as the University of Pittsburgh Press, Collins's longtime publisher ...

Billy Collins is a beloved and award-winning poet whose observant often humorous verse easily charms the reader. He has achieved his success through hard work. On the occasion of the release of his ...

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins is endowing two classics scholarships at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, the school announced Thursday morning. The endowment is the result of a ...

Billy Collins reflects on his collection ‘Aimless Love’ and pretending to be serious Humor wasn't always integral to Billy Collins' poetry. The former U.S. poet laureate thought he had to be serious, ...

Billy Collins distinguishes himself through his clear, accessible poetry–and by reinterpreting many traditional poetic forms. His poem "Sonnet" begins "All we need is fourteen lines, well, thirteen ...