Aimless Love

The first volume of New and Selected poetry in twelve years from the two-time Poet Laureate of the United States.Aimless Love gives the reader an opportunity to assess the rich scope of Collins'' gifts. Containing more than fifty new poems and a generous gathering from his collections of the past decade-Horoscopes for the Dead Ballistics The Trouble with Poetry and Nine Horses-Aimless Love showcases the best of his poetic maneuvers: the everyday ends in the infinite playfulness is paired with empathy irony gives way to wonder. Possessed of a unique voice that is at once plain and melodic Billy Collins has managed to enrich American poetry while greatly widening the circle of its audience.