Billy Collins quotes - page 2

There are interesting forms of difficulty, and there are unprofitable forms of difficulty. I mean, I enjoy some difficult poetry, but some of it is impenetrable and I actually wouldn't want to penetrate it if I could, perhaps. (Billy Collins)
Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction. View quote
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I'm trying to write poems that involve beginning at a known place, and ending up at a slightly different place. I'm trying to take a little journey from one place to another, and it's usually from a realistic place, to a place in the imagination. View quote
Billy Collins

Billy Collins

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Occupation: American Poet
Born: March 22, 1941
Quotes count: 28
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