Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins joins host Peter O’Dowd to talk about his latest collection of poetry, “Dog Show,” 25 ...

Poems from Billy Collins, Patricia Smith and Marc J. Straus. In a new collection of poems, Billy Collins reiterates many of his usual themes with a healthy dose of his usual panache — and performs one ...

T.S. Eliot wrote that April is the cruelest month. It also happens to be National Poetry Month. Many schoolchildren will be admonished to pay attention to poetry these next few weeks - read, analyze, ...

Billy Collins distinguishes himself through his clear, accessible poetry–and by reinterpreting many traditional poetic forms. His poem "Sonnet" begins "All we need is fourteen lines, well, thirteen ...