In the long revolt against inherited forms that has by now become the narrative of 20th-century poetry in English, no poet was more flamboyant or more recognizable in his iconoclasm than Cummings. Billy Collins 20thcenturycumming Change image and share on social
I think my poems are slightly underrated by the word 'accessible.' Billy Collins accessiblepoemslightly Change image and share on social
When you put a book together and arrange it, there's a lot of anxiety and turmoil about what order the poems should be in. Billy Collins anxietyarrangebook Change image and share on social
Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time. Billy Collins beckettbigcollege Change image and share on social
