All about: Emily Dickinson

Reading: Taking off Emily Dickinson’s clothes by Billy Collins
Billy Collins (b. 1941) is 'the most popular poet of America' according to some. He was poet laureate of the US several times and won a prize or something for the America's funniest home poetry - he manages to tell a good joke without destroying the poetic wager. I fell in love with this poet, ...
The Art is to Mean it. Not just to Say it.
One of the craftsmen whom we first expect self-reflection from (apart from the philosopher, of course), is the poet. We would like to read a theoretical, tangible account of their motivation to write and why they think poetry matters.
Since my poetic aspirations were not all nipped in the bud by the frown that ends ...