Friday Reads: 13 Jan 12

Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins

My Friday Reads tonight is Billy Collins' latest poetry collection, Horoscopes for the Dead. I best be getting this book back to the library soon, as I am nearing my due date. I love Collins and I was fortunate enough to meet him at the 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival where he signed my copy of Nine Horses. It doesn't appear that any of the new poems he read at the festival are included here. But I'm not done yet, so there's still hope! So far these poems are enjoyable and typical of Billy Collins usual style. The best one I've come across is the title poem. I can tell already that this one is going to need a reread. And another.

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