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Billy Collins’ medium is a rare amalgam of accessibility and intelligence. I’d follow this man’s mind anywhere. Expect to be surprised -- Michael Donaghy
Billy Collins is one of my favourite poets in the world -- Carol Ann Duffy
Chatty, witty, wholly dependable * Guardian *
Smart, his strings tuned and resonant, his wonderful eye looping over the things, events and ideas of the world, rueful, playful, warm voiced, easy to love -- Annie Proulx
Funny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising – the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem. He’s a one-off, an American treasure -- Nick Laird
The treat of treats. Unlike the wedding guest waylaid by Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, the reader emerges from encounters with Collins as a wiser and far happier person * New Statesman *
Collins remains the most companionable of poetic companions * New York Times *
A writer . . . fully aware of his work’s power to delight * New York Times *
A poet of plenitude, irony, and Augustangrace * The New Yorker *
Delightfully direct, he won’t lose you in his lyricism but will transport you to a better place * The Times *
Billy Collins 'puts the "fun" back in 'profundity' -- Alice Fulton
The most popular poet in America * New York Times *
Billy Collins writes lovely poems . . . Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides -- John Updike
Imaginative thinking gives this collection its richness.... The work also shows a variety of styles...[that] provide both pleasure and a vivid example of how one's thoughts, when unrestrained, can lead to unexpected destinations * Washington Post *