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strand over strand again and again. until I had made a boxy. red and white lanyard for my mother. She gave me life and milk from her breasts, and I gave her a lanyard. She nursed me in many a sick room, lifted spoons of medicine to my lips, laid cold face-cloths on my forehead, and then led me out into the airy light.
22 set 2022 · In 1983 Billy Collins Jr's career was cut short after his final fight when he sustained serious injuries against Luis Resto in their ten-round bout. Aided by...
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Billy Collins was born to a working class Irish family in Antioch, Tennessee. His father and manager, Billy Collins Sr.(1937-2018), was a welterweight professional boxer during the late 1950s and early 1960s who won 38 of his 56 professional fights. Collins Jr. followed his father's footsteps and started training with him since a very young age.
2 apr 2022 · Billy Collins, a former poet laureate of the United States who still teaches poetry in university classrooms, wrote a poem about trying to light a love of poetry in his "Introduction To Poetry."
12 giu 2012 · Billy Collins è stato coprotagonista di un progetto suggeritogli dal Sundance Channel, il network televisivo via cavo americano promotore di tanto cinema indipendente. Collins, come racconta lui stesso in un bel video tradotto con i sottotitoli da Daniele Buratti, registrò cinque suoi testi che vennero poi riscritti in immagini da specialisti dell’animazione.
Billy Collins’ poem “The Lanyard” is a reflection on the relationship between a mother and her son. However, the poem’s cultural and historical context adds another layer of meaning to the work. The lanyard, a woven cord used to hold keys or identification cards, has a long history of use in various cultures.
16 set 2010 · Ed Herman: Welcome to Poetry Lectures, a series of lectures by poets, scholars and educators, presented by poetryfoundation.org. In this program, we hear two-term poet laureate Billy Collins speaking at the Key West literary seminar. Often called the most popular poet in America, Billy Collins is known for his accessible and engaging style.
