Billy Collins Colloquium
Billy Collins discusses the poetic process. He begins by reading a poem he composed the morning of the colloquium, "Lying in Bed in the Dark I Silently Address the Birds of Arizona," which would later be published in Nine Horses.
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Introduction
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by Alison Hawthorne Deming
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On the poetic process
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Includes "Lying in Bed in the Dark I Silently Address the Birds of Arizona," a poem composed in Tucson the morning of the colloquium, read here for the first time.
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Collins, Billy. Nine Horses. New York: Random House, 2003.
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Response to the question "Who taught you how to write?"
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On the elegaic tone of "Lying in Bed in the Dark I Silently Address the Birds of Arizona"
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Response to the question "How have your ideas about form changed over time?"
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Response to the question "Do you read your work to others to try it out?"
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Response to the question "Do you feel you are still learning about writing?"
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