Poetry

Boy Shooting at a Statue

By Billy Collins | December 1, 2005

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Billy Collins is the author of several books of poetry, including Nine Horses and Sailing Around the Room: New and Selected Poems. He was the United States Poet Laureate for 2001-2002 and is a Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY).

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