Visiting Writers Series Interview and Reading with Billy Collins

In an interview with Professor Tim Burke, poet laureate Billy Collins reads from and discusses his work, his most recent books, and the place of poetry today.

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Wonderful!

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Like a combustion engine
A poem's power
Comes from the compression of expression
A few words combined
Confined
Fusing meaning and emotion
Into an energy form
Known as a poem

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Each word in a poem
Is like a gene in a chromosome
Together they form a life all of its own
Change a word or two
And the life form will change too

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The interviewer seems to be struggling.

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