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Title: Billy Collins - The Lanyard
Added: May 29, 2008
Author: ForaTv
Duration: 3:56
Description:
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/07/A_Selection_of_Poems_by_Billy_CollinsFormer U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads his poem, "The Lanyard."-----Poet Billy Collins is a unique literary figure - a widely read contemporary poet. The former US Poet Laureate and New York State Poet has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation, though his most dramatic honors come from a wide and appreciative readership. Collins's poetry collections, including The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, and Picnic, Lightening, have broken records for poetry sales. His writing is marked by inventiveness beyond traditional poetry forms with ironic twists and lyrical turns of phrase that resonate powerfully. An advocate for integrating poetry into everyday life, Collins compiled the anthologies Poetry 180 and 180 More with poems for every day of a typical school year. Billy Collins has been a professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York since 1968 - City Arts & LecturesBilly Collins is the author of several books of poetry and two anthologies of contemporary poetry, including The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems; The Arts of Drowning, which was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall prize; and Questions About Angels, which won the National Poetry Series in 1990. He is also a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY). Collins served as US Poet Laureate (2001-2003) and as New York State Poet Laureate (2004-2006). Collins' poetry has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Harper's, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among many other journals and periodicals. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has won several awards and prizes.
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Youtube Comments: 99
durgadas Says:
Dec 29, 2010 - This, it is a eulogy, pulled from my subconscious, into Youtube- to all my wasted moments, given wholly to me by my mother, whom I would reject later out of spite. How young I was then, and how trite I have become, writing poetry in comments boxes, and it isn't even late at night.
teddyd30 Says:
Feb 4, 2011 - Really?
TheCalifornia661 Says:
Feb 13, 2011 - Nice Jabberwocky reference
DBIYBIMWBIU Says:
Apr 5, 2011 - "Maybe if I sprinkle as many words I pulled out of a thesaurus and as much of my tangential knowledge of what is considered 'fine art' as I can, I will seem awesome and high-brow."
celticbattleaxe Says:
Apr 12, 2011 - I saw Billy Collins live in the Dodge Poetry festival in DC last summer. He, Martin Espada, and Kay Ryan are the best modern page-poets, and I also saw Espada and Ryan at the DPF.
oceanviewgal Says:
Apr 20, 2011 - Really? Really. Perhaps, you will become Poet Laureate, as well, and find a sense of humor.
oceanviewgal Says:
Apr 20, 2011 - Never ignorant to ask. Wikipedia has a good answer under Poets Laureate of the United States.
GetTiefBlauAndDie Says:
Apr 21, 2011 - Because I was clearly talking about Billy Collins.And here I was thinking that surely people who listen to poetry might have a few things to say about a little thing called context.PROTIP: It's that little blue thing at the top of my comment.
tiff201208 Says:
Apr 22, 2011 - this is from a poet in canada shane w.
piehguy22 Says:
May 4, 2011 - I think you mean Shane K., as in Canadian poet Shane Koyczan. He did perform The Lanyard at WordsAloud, but forgot to give credit to Collins. He sincerely apologized for the mistake.I can see why, in this case, you might think it's one of his works. But no, it is most definitely a poem by Billy Collins.
darkelf456 Says:
May 6, 2011 - Show this to your mother today.
Robbykube Says:
May 11, 2011 - okay, this is probably dumb, but I am not American, so I think It is okay to ask. Why is the fact that he gave her a lanyard funny? I found the poem nice, but can't get why the lanyard makes it funny. Is it because it is easy to make?
doIsoundlikeicare Says:
May 12, 2011 - Just sit back. Why waste words looking for answers. Just let your jaw drop as he juxtaposes "a lanyard" (whatever it is) to the miracle of life; to maternal dedication; to a mother's love for her son, through illness, through health... and what does she ask for in return?Just listen. Listen to what he places side by side. Listen to how he sets us up to laugh. Listen to his tone of voice. Just listen, let go, and laugh - it's alive, it soars, and it's good to the bone.
BUKCOLLECTOR Says:
May 27, 2011 - The poem is funny until the bittersweet poignant ending! For those who think the poem has a funny ending--in my opinion--mis-read it. I know some who cried--shed tears at the brilliant heartfelt ending. The lanyard had little monetary value--but it was accepted with love because it was made and given by her beloved son. Al
sewashburn123 Says:
Jun 20, 2011 - to be able to transition so smoothly from sardonic wit to beautiful words that speak in earnest...billy collins, you are why i write
groovymr1337 Says:
Jul 7, 2011 - Great poem, until I looked down and realized how absolutely awful, stuck up, and pretentious the comments are.
PicturePerfectJames Says:
Jul 10, 2011 - He is a treasure!
reelizations Says:
Jul 22, 2011 - Poem starts at 50 secs.
staffordlad1 Says:
Sep 18, 2011 - This is a son,to his mom.
PerlaGiselle Says:
Nov 4, 2011 - I cried.
sowosamma25 Says:
Nov 11, 2011 - "Most poets can´t even write a simple line, like: The dog walked down the street." ~ Charles Bukowski
aznviet93 Says:
Jan 24, 2012 - wow, your emphasize is so concise. Reading your comment helps me understand the poem. :D
ChurlsBeardSmug Says:
Feb 18, 2012 - I want to be an Award Winning Poet!
wassup9 Says:
Apr 8, 2012 - i love his baldness combined with wry wit.
durgadas Says:
Dec 29, 2010 - This, it is a eulogy, pulled from my subconcious, into Youtube- to all my wasted moments, given wholly to me by my mother, whom I would reject later out of spite. How young I was then, and how trite I have become, writing poetry in comments boxes, and it isn't even late at night.