Jeffrey Brown talks to Collins about his new collection, "Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems." ... Visit CANVAS, PBS NewsHour's art hub. Visit Now → ...

Billy Collins reads two of his poems from his new book, "Aimless Love." Listen to the audio.

Don’t compare Billy Collins ‘ poetry to sketch comedy. He won’t like that one bit. Sure, some of his work is funny. Many of the 20 lines of “Bachelorette Party” are about the word ...

A glance at the spring issue of New Letters: Billy Collins on poetryAll children are natural poets, but “unfortunately, our poetry instincts often get beaten out of us by bad education and also ...

Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins (Random House, 172 pp., $21.95) The associated press report of Billy Collins's appointment as poet laureate in June was a ...

Kathleen McKeegan ’05 said she loved Collins’ deadpan readings. “I liked the fact that his work was very clear, accessible and funny,” McKeegan said. “I wished he had read some more [of his poems].” ...

Billy Collins, read by the author. Random House Audio, unabridged, one CD, 1.5 hrs., $20 ISBN 978-0-385-36639-7 Two-term Poet Laureate Collins offers up this compilation of poems from the ...

A few stanzas about an insect opened Billy Collins’ mind to all the possibilities of poetry.

Frank Cerabino's column on former Poet Laureate Billy Collins' life in Florida and new collection of poems.

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins is so popular that his poems make regular fodder for YouTube videos, being recited by everyone from Bill Murray to a 3-year-old boy. (The boy's YouTube ...