Billy Collins, a poet admired both by his peers and by thousands of people who seldom pick up a book of poetry, reads at 8 p.m. Friday at Jones Hall for Society for the Performing Arts. "I'm trying to ...

A literary lion is scheduled to grace the halls of Warren County Community College on Thursday, Dec. 5. Billy Collins, an American poet, will read from his latest published work ‘Water, Water: Poems” ...

I was looking for an autumn poem, maybe a Thanksgiving poem, and this one landed in my lap. Only a mention of autumn but full ...

Famed poet Billy Collins had a packed auditorium in Rockefeller Hall last night sitting on his every word with a reading of Ballistics –– his latest poetry collection –– as well as some of his earlier ...

Midway through a conversation with poet Billy Collins, talk turns to the topic of inspiration, and how a writer recognizes the small moments around which one might build a poem. “It’s a good question ...

“Conversations with Billy Collins,” Edited by John Cusatis, University Press of Mississippi, 234 pages, $23.42 (paperback). “Conversations with Ted Kooser,” Edited by John Cusatis, University Press of ...

Confession: Billy Collins is the reason I’m a writer. As a community college student, I once met him during a poetry workshop my English 101 professor had organized. It was inspiring. His poetry is ...