Within this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, stocks an night time of his poetry in an advantage reading for WNYC, New York Public Radio. Frequently in comparison to Robert Frost, his poetry has been embraced by folks of all age range and backgrounds, and his readings ‘re normally standing room only.

Performed by the writer at Peter Norton Symphony Space in NEW YORK, Billy Collins reads 24 of his poems, including “Dharma” –a spiritual yet humbling ode to man’s perfect on the subject of Billy Collins Live: A Performance in the Peter Norton Symphony Space April 20, 2005 friend, “The Lanyard–an amusing recollection about the popular, if not pointless, summer camp pastime, and “Consolation” –a tongue-in-cheek reflection of a terminated European trip, and the advantages of staying house instead. In addition to the poetry readings, Collins also spends time in a short question and reply session where he shows on what makes good poetry, his very own process of achieving his audiences being a poet, the success of his Poetry 180 applications in schools countrywide, and an amusing sidebar on his thoughts growing up as an only child. At times pensive and sardonic, amusing and subtly sarcastic, Billy Collins Live celebrates both simple and the complicated in a language that appeals to all.