This is a nice little collection of poems by Billy Collins, a poet that I was introduced to by a college professor. Collins' poetry is very concise and to the point, and he uses his writing to speak with past poets and poems (including Philip Larkin, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, Raymond Chandler, Thomas Hardy, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman). My favorite poem of the collection is "Tension," in which Collins explores the writer's use of the word "suddenly" to create tension.