Billy Collins Creativity Conversation 

Billy correctly stated that 83% of contemporary poetry is unreadable. How true. I like Billy's poems because he creates a balance between verbal rhythm and meaning. A poem must be more than just a compendium of disparate images that sound nice. It must mean something to me - the reader.

billy knows his stuff. im happy i took the time to finally take a look into his work.

you can go a head and skip to 6:00 the first few minutes are just announcements.

Music is spoken, but not always. Music is sung, but not always. “There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original.” - Joseph Haydn

❤️‍🔥 “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside - remembering all the times you've felt that way.” ❤️‍🔥 ― Charles Bukowski 😎

I really enjoyed listening in. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing this amazing video, i thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

the mixer person is completely unprepared.

I could have a beer with Kevin Young. He seems like such a laid back, cool, kinda' dude.

the sound was messing up because the micros on their clothes were set too high AND close to each other.

wonderful!

Todd Boothbee, Poet or Wile E. Coyote, Genius

I once heard that tennis is a game where you want to commit murder because you want to slay your opponent, and golf is a game of suicide because you want to kill yourself. Writing a book is like playing tennis, writing poetry is like playing golf? Also, on the role of music in art this quote from Walter Pater, “All art constantly aspires towards the condition music”

At the 7:50 mark, please, what is the term he uses?

...field where like quick liquor evil flames quicker inside each brain that shrinks into sickness in jungles of human guilt which dwells more with stains of curses.....

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Billy seemed like an interesting and humorous guy, but I wholeheartedly disagree with his views on teaching poetry. In his view, all poetry is referential to other poetry, but this isn't, nor shouldn't be true. Self-insulated art doesn't grow, and becomes stagnant. Instead, students should be encouraged to pull from other art forms, the people around them, AND from their internal voice. I would ask Billy, where did his writing come from, if not at least partially from his own voice? If his own work was purely imitation, then I personally don't have much interest/respect for it, as I value creative impulse above all else.

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Introduction is too long

How sad that the whole thing was ruined by an incompetent sound guy.