The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems

by Billy Collins | Poetry |
ISBN: 037550382x Global Overview for this book
Registered by ReallyBookish of Furlong, Pennsylvania USA on 7/23/2018
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Journal Entry 1 by ReallyBookish from Furlong, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, July 23, 2018
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Journal Entry 2 by ReallyBookish at Horsham, Pennsylvania USA on Tuesday, August 7, 2018
I enjoyed this collection of accessible poems, which was my introduction to the work of Billy Collins. My favorites were "House," "The Peasants' Revolt," "Theme," "Eastern Standard Time," "I Ask You," "In the Evening," "Reaper," and "See No Evil."

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Journal Entry 4 by HI77 at Fort Myers, Florida USA on Sunday, September 2, 2018
A guy that looks at things,

and pulls simple
lives and adjectives of them.

Journal Entry 5 by HI77 at Fort Myers, Florida USA on Monday, January 7, 2019
I have this love/hate relationship with Billy Collins's poetry.

I get what he means about the type of poetry that he prefers. But honestly, I find that there are few really good pieces but a lot of them fall short of the mark for me. The problem with the type of poetry he likes, is that the content has to be incredibly compelling all its subject matter and that's a tall order. He's got no other devices really to lean on. So a lot of it just falls flat.

So I read his stuff, but most bores me. And then, there are few really good pieces here and there. So take what you want from that opinion! lol

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