The New Yorker: Poetry

Billy Collins Reads Eamon Grennan

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Jul 20, 2016
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Billy Collins
Former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins discusses Eamonn Grennan's 'Sea Dog' and his own poem 'Table Talk', exploring visual symbolism, Zeno's paradoxes, and the editing process in poetry.
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1
Intro
00:00 • 2min
2
Exploring 'Sea Dog' by Eamonn Grennan
01:46 • 14min
3
Interpretation of Visual Symbolism in Poetry
15:27 • 2min
4
Exploring Zeno's Paradox through 'Table Talk'
17:19 • 4min
5
Exploring the Transformation of a Poem from Magazine to Poetry Collection
21:23 • 6min
6
Exploring the Relationship Between Chosen Poems
27:40 • 3min