Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Don't miss a reading by one of America's most beloved poets, Billy Collins (Questions About Angels, Sailing Alone Around the Room, and The Trouble with Poetry). During his distinguished career, Collins has garnered both critical and popular acclaim, and was named United States Poet Laureate in 2001-2003. He was also the inaugural recipient of the Poetry Foundation's Mark Twain Award for humorous poetry in 2004.
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Billy Collins' poetry is entertaining. Billy Collins reading Billy Collins' poetry is simply wonderful. His poetry is deceptive: the poems appear to be merely anti-pretentious, whimsical, simple, down-to-earth and very funny. But read between the lines, allow the poetry to detour around your mind, to reach directly into your heart, and suddenly the poems are powerfully touching, with the capacity to wake you from your sleep, enabling you to see and feel the world around you in a new way. Bravo, Billy.
This was an exceptionally fun, enjoyable, and engaging evening in a pleasant and intimate venue. Absolutely terrific!
An exciting evening--seldom do we get the opportunity to hear a past poet laureate read his own work. The written poetic voice has a different timbre when read by its creator. Collins is an excellent observer of much that is both satiric and completely laughable. Nothing like his "Ohmygod" to remind the audience of how we sound to others. A talented, gifted poet and reader.
The Skirball features an extraordinary museum, changing exhibitions, engaging entertainment, Zeidler's Cafe and Audrey's Museum store--all in a stunning architectural setting designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie.
Don't miss a reading by one of America's most beloved poets, Billy Collins (Questions About Angels, Sailing Alone Around the Room, and The Trouble with Poetry). During his distinguished career, Collins has garnered both critical and popular acclaim, and was named United States Poet Laureate in 2001-2003 and New York State Poet Laureate in 2004-2006. He was also the inaugural recipient of the Poetry Foundation's Mark Twain Award for humorous poetry in 2004.
Presented as the Stanley F. Chyet Memorial Poetry Reading.
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