History buff, news junkie, art, art-journals, poetry, music lover, eye for color, witty impaired, ambiguous poet, adores commas and English roses, shutter bug, chief cook and dog walker...
Amazing collection of poems! For non-poetry reading friends, I'd say read this, now. There's no rhyme, no difficult language, no pretentious ideas, just simple language from a regular guy. Billy Collins captures the basic feelings we all have and words them with a sweet frame of reference.