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1	Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems more books like this by Billy Collins This selected volume presents 20 new poems and draws on four of Collins previous books, THE APPLE THAT ASTONISHED PARIS; QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS; THE BEST CIGARETTE; and PICNIC, LIGHTNING. Collins was named the 2001-2002 United States Poet Laureate. This collection was named a Notable Book by the New York Times in 2001. see all copies from $3.96! new only from $7.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Picnic, Lightning more books like this by Billy Collins Poems on everything from the F volume of an encyclopedia to the Victoria's Secret catalog, from the rhythms of jazz to the rhythms of chopping parsley make up this book. Often humorous, Collins's poems also take on poets such as Auden and Dickinson. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Nine Horses: Poems more books like this by Billy Collins This volume from the U.S. Poet Laureate includes "Litany" and "Writing in the Afterlife," poems Billy Collins has made famous through his public readings. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems more books like this by Billy Collins In this collection, former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins cleanly expresses the beauty he sees in the rhythms of the mundane. He writes of the simple acts of daily life--sipping coffee in a hotel restaurant, staring out the window, sitting outside on a lovely June day--and the complex emotions, thoughts, and histories that lurk just beneath the ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry more books like this by Billy Collins (Editor) Collecting 180 poems by the most exciting poets at work today, "Poetry 180" is the perfect anthology for poetry lovers who appreciate engaging, thoughtful poems that are an immediate pleasure to read. see all copies from $6.68! new only from $7.72! \| SVS
6	Poetry Speaks to Children more books like this by Elise Paschen (Editor), Dominique Raccah (Editor), Billy Collins (Editor) With over 90 poems of all kinds from a wide variety of people, including Roald Dahl, Ogden Nash, Carl Sandburg, J.R.R. Tolkien, Langston Hughes, and Sonia Sanchez, this poetry picture-book anthology is packed with different moods, experiences both funny and sad, and a multitude of illustrations. "Okay, Brown Girl, Okay" by James Berry and ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $14.77! \| SVS
7	The Art of Drowning more books like this by Billy Collins Collins' lovely poems are "Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides."--John Updike. see all copies from $3.75! new only from $10.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Questions about Angels: Poems more books like this by Billy Collins Originally published in 1991 as part of the National Poetry Series (selected by Edward Hirsch), this book of poems shows Collins thinking about the writers and artists who have shaped him, the people he's loved, and even the dead, who "are always looking down on us...through the glass-bottom boats of heaven." see all copies from $2.56! new only from $10.30! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Apple That Astonished Paris more books like this by Billy Collins Billy Collins strikes at the deepest concerns of the human heart and mind. His metaphysical wit and cosmic puzzlement, expressed always in a clean, direct, unpretentious idiom, will touch every reader who is fascinated by the play of a truly original imagination and a disarming way of seeing the world. see all copies from $7.15! new only from $9.46! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Billy Collins Live: A Performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space by Billy Collins, Bill Murray (Introduction by) In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading for WNYC, New York Public Radio. Often compared to Robert Frost, his poetry has been embraced by people of all ages and backgrounds, and his readings are most often standing room only. Performed by the author at ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $12.59! \| SVS
11 view cover	180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day more books like this by Billy Collins (Editor) "180 More" continues Collins's program in conjunction with the Library of Congress to gather poems by the most exciting poets at work today and make them available to students, teachers, and poetry readers everywhere. High school & older. see all copies from $8.81! new only from $8.81! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Best American Poetry more books like this by Billy Collins (Editor), David Lehman (Editor) One of the most popular poets since Robert Frost, former Poet Laureate Billy Collins guest edits the 2006 edition of the lauded annual anthology of contemporary American poetry. see all copies from $5.39! new only from $5.99! \| SVS
13	Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes more books like this by Billy Collins see all copies from $19.40! new only from $19.40!
14	The Maverick Poets: An Anthology more books like this by Steve Kowit As an alternative to the pervasive style of late 20th century verse, with its debilitating preference for the tepid, mannered, and opaque, Gorilla Press presents 40 maverick poets writing in the mother tongue. Work by Frank Bidart, Charles Bukowski, Raymond Carver, Wanda Coleman, Allen Ginsberg, Judy Grahn, Ronald Koertge, Dorianne Laux, Sharon ... see all copies from $2.92! first editions
15 view cover	The Golden Age: Poems of the Spanish Renaissance more books like this by Edith Grossman (Translator), Billy Collins (Introduction by) The Spanish Renaissance--a period of glory that endured from the late 15th century through the 17th century--comes to life in 40 of its greatest poems collected in this remarkable new translation, rendered with passionate fervor and a stylistic brilliance. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Daddy's Little Boy more books like this by Billy Collins, Maggie Kneen (Illustrator) Written by Billy Collins in 1950 as a companion song to the hit "Daddy's Little Girl," composed by Bobby Burke and Horace Gerlach, this song is the heart of this picture book featuring illustrations of a daddy bear and his little cub. Includes lyrics and music. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Billy Bragg: Still Suitable for Miners: The Official Biography more books like this by Andrew Collins, Billy Bragg (Foreword by) When legendary U.S. protest singer Woody Guthrie, the man who was spiritual guru to Bob Dylan, died in 1967, he left behind a legacy of song lyrics which to this day have never been heard. When, in 1997, his daughter Nora decided these words should finally be made public, the contenders to sing them included Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Dylan ... see all copies from $3.31! new only from $3.31!
18 view cover	Questions about Angels more books like this by Billy Collins Over the past decade, Collins has emerged as the most beloved American poet since Robert Frost, garnering critical acclaim and broad popular appeal. To celebrate his years as U.S. Poet Laureate, here is a special, limited edition hardcover of the book that helped establish and secure his reputation. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $15.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Tom Thomson in Purgatory by Troy A Jollimore, Billy Collins (Foreword by) see all copies from $3.99! new only from $10.42!
20 view cover	The Best Cigarette more books like this by Billy Collins see all copies from $49.99!
21 view cover	The Subway Pictures more books like this by Peter Peter (Photographer), Billy Collins (Introduction by) In The Subway Pictures, Peter Peter shares his extraordinary images of life on the move, capturing “ordinary” New Yorkers in a remarkable give-and-take with their public surroundings. As Billy Collins writes in his Foreword, “Each of these images is a visual report from underground, the testimony of an optical Virgil bringing ... see all copies from $30.51! new only from $105.33!
22 view cover	Conversation Pieces: Poems That Talk to Other Poems more books like this by Kurt Brown (Editor), Harold Schechter (Editor), Billy Collins (Preface by) An utterly delightful collection of responses to poems written across the centuries, these modern poems are not only engaging themselves but also capable of casting surprising new light on the poems that inspired them. see all copies from $6.73! new only from $7.89! \| SVS
23 view cover	Apple Astonish Paris 2 (C more books like this by Collins Billy, Billy Collins In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins's see all copies from $20.88! new only from $20.88!
24 view cover	The Best American Poetry 2006 more books like this by Billy Collins (Editor), David Lehman (Editor) "So welcome, readers, to a plurality of poets, a cornucopia of tropes, and a range of interests."-- From Billy Collins's introduction "The Best American Poetry" series offers a distinguished poet's selection of poems published in the course of a year. The guest editor for 2006 is Billy Collins, one of our most beloved poets, who has chosen poems ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $12.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	En (Compass): The Poetry Caravan Anthology by Usha Akella (Editor), Billy Collins (Foreword by) see all copies from $6.71! new only from $12.90!

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