Billy Collins

180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day Billy Collins

Jacket Description/Flap: Come full circle with 180 new, exciting poems selected and introduced by Billy Collins. Inspired by Billy Collins's poem-a-day program for American high schools that he began through the Library of Congress, the original "Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry was a gathering of clear, contemporary poems aimed at a wide audience. In "180 More, Collins continues his ambitious mission of exposing readers of all ages to the best of today's poetry. Here are another 180 hospitable, engaging, reader-friendly poems, offering surprise and delight in a wide range of literary voices-comic, melancholy, reflective, irreverent. If poetry is the original travel literature, this anthology contains 180 vehicles ready to carry you away to unexpected places. With poems byRobert BlyCarol Ann DuffyEamon GrennanMark Halliday Jane Kenyon David KirbyThomas LuxDonna Masini W. S. Merwin Paul MuldoonCarol Muske-DukesVijay Seshadri Naomi Shihab NyeGerald Stern Ron Padgett Linda PastanVictoria RedelFranz WrightRobert Wrigleyand many moreMarc Notes: Includes index.; Come full circle with 180 new, exciting poems selected and introduced by Billy Collins. Inspired by Billy Collins's poem-a-day program for American high schools that he began through the Library of Congress, the original Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry was a gathering of clear, contemporary poems aimed at a wide audience. In 180 More, Collins continues his ambitious mission of exposing readers of all ages to the best of today's poetry. Like its predecessor, 180 More is the perfect anthology for anyone who appreciates thoughtful, clear poems that are an immediate pleasure to read and a lasting source of insight and feeling. And for readers who have lost touch with poetry, this collection will lead them back to the fold. Publisher Marketing: Come full circle with 180 new, exciting poems selected and introduced by Billy Collins. Inspired by Billy Collins's poem-a-day program for American high schools that he began through the Library of Congress, the original "Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry" was a gathering of clear, contemporary poems aimed at a wide audience. In "180 More," Collins continues his ambitious mission of exposing readers of all ages to the best of today's poetry. Here are another 180 hospitable, engaging, reader-friendly poems, offering surprise and delight in a wide range of literary voices-comic, melancholy, reflective, irreverent. If poetry is the original travel literature, this anthology contains 180 vehicles ready to carry you away to unexpected places. With poems byRobert BlyCarol Ann DuffyEamon GrennanMark Halliday Jane Kenyon David KirbyThomas LuxDonna Masini W. S. Merwin Paul MuldoonCarol Muske-DukesVijay Seshadri Naomi Shihab NyeGerald Stern Ron Padgett Linda PastanVictoria RedelFranz WrightRobert Wrigleyand many more Review Citations:

Ingram Advance 04/01/2005 pg. 112 (EAN 9780812972962, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2006 pg. 68 (EAN 9780812972962, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2007 pg. 106 (EAN 9780812972962, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 12/31/2008 pg. 795 (EAN 9780812972962, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 555 (EAN 9780812972962, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 956 (EAN 9780812972962, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Collins, Billy Billy Collins is the author of a dozen books of poetry and was called America's most popular poet by the New York Times. He served as U. S. Poet Laureate 2001-2003, and the New York Public Library named him a Literary Lion. This is his first book designed for children.