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  2. Billy Collins - Wikipedia

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    William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. [1] He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016.

  3. The Art of Drowning - Wikipedia

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    The Art of Drowning is a book of poetry by the American Poet Laureate Billy Collins, first published in 1995. John Updike described the collection as "Lovely poems—lovely in a way almost nobody's since [Theodore] Roethke's are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and ...

  4. Hudson Valley Writers Center - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, the Hudson Valley Writers Center celebrated the opening of its renovated railroad station with a reading by Billy Collins. [14] [15] [16] In 2008 Slapering Hol Press publishes Poems in Conversation and a Conversation, by Elizabeth Alexander and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon. [17]

  5. Picnic, Lightning - Wikipedia

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    Picnic, Lightning is a collection of poetry by Billy Collins, published in 1998.His fourth book of poetry, it was his first to be widely published (selling over 50,000 copies) [1] and his last before election as United States Poet Laureate.

  6. Paradelle - Wikipedia

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    When Collins first published the paradelle, it was with the footnote "The paradelle is one of the more demanding French fixed forms, first appearing in the langue d'oc love poetry of the eleventh century. It is a poem of four six-line stanzas in which the first and second lines, as well as the third and fourth lines of the first three stanzas ...

  7. National Guard will be pulled from NYC migrant shelters ... - AOL

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    The deployment of troops -- which began in 2022 -- will stop assisting city officials in shelters starting Dec. 18 as the migrant crisis cools off, state officials said.

  8. Tom Hardy Offers to Pay Over $300,000 of Crew’s Wages ... - AOL

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    Heroes don’t always wear capes — sometimes they’re covered in venom … at least if you’re Tom Hardy.. The actor, 47, reportedly offered to pay £250,000 — or approximately $315,000 ...

  9. Rabbit Ears: TV Poems - Wikipedia

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    Rabbit Ears: TV Poems is an anthology from NYQ Books, edited by Joel Allegretti. Released in 2015, it consists of poems about television and is reportedly the first poetry anthology to cover the subject. It contains 129 poems by 130 poets, including former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, who suggested the title. [1]