Download Billy Collins Live: A Performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, April 20, 2005 AudioBook Free
On this exclusive sound publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading for WNYC, NY Public Radio. Often in comparison to Robert Frost, his poetry has been embraced by folks of all ages and backgrounds, and his readings are most often standing room only. Performed by the author at Peter Norton Symphony Space in NEW YORK, Billy Collins reads 24 of his poems, including "Dharma", a spiritual yet humbling ode to man's best friend, "The Lanyard", an amusing recollection about the popular, if not pointless, summer camp pastime, and "Consolation", a tongue-in-cheek reflection of an cancelled European trip, and the benefits of staying home instead. As well as the poetry readings, Collins also spends time in a brief question and answer session where he reflects on why is good poetry, his own process of reaching his audiences as a poet, the success of his Poetry 180 programs in schools nationwide, and an amusing sidebar on his memories growing up as an only child. At times pensive and sardonic, amusing and subtly sarcastic, Billy Collins Live celebrates both the simple and the complex in a language that attracts all.
