Billy Collins
Research, Studies, Reading

Bibliography, Links, Notes, Biographical, Critical

 

By Mike Garofalo



Billy Collins (1941- )

 

Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems. By Billy Collins. Random House, 2014, 261 pages. VSCPL.

 

Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry. An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. Edited by Billy Collins. Random House, 2003, 322 pages. VSCPL.


The Rain In Portugal: Poems. By Billy Collins. Random House, 2017, 108 pages. VSCPL.


Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems. By Billy Collins. Random House, 2001, 172 pages. VSCPL.


Whale Day: And Other Poems. By Billy Collins. Random House, 2021, 115 pages. VSCPL.



Billy Collins - Wikipedia

Billy Collins - Poetry Foundation


The Poets Laureate Anthology. The Library of Congress. Edited by Elizabeth Hun Schmidt. Norton, 2010, 816 pages. VSCPL.



VSCPL = The Valley Spirit Center Poetry Library, i.e., my personal home library of purchased used and new books.

 

 

 

Poetry by Mike Garofalo: Online

25 Steps and Beyond: Collected Works

Bundled Up: Quintains and Tankas

At the Edges of the West
Highway 101 and Hwy 1: Pacific Coast

Cuttings: Haiku, Senryu, Brief Poems

The Gushen Grove Sonnets

At the Edges of the Fertile West
Highway 99 and Interstate 5

Cantos of the Hands

Poetry Research

 

 

 

Mike Garofalo lives in Vancouver,
Washington. He worked for 50 years
in city and county public libraries,
and in elementary schools. His degrees
are in philosophy, library science, and
education. He has been a web publisher
since 1998.

Biography

 


 

 

 

25 Steps and Beyond: Collected Works

Text Art and Concrete Poetry

 

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