The Trouble With Poetry

The Trouble With Poetry is a collection of short poems written by Billy Collins. This book was published by Random House in 2007 and written in 2005. All of the poems in the book were extremely easy to understand. They are all pretty straightforward and simple. Collins does not try to hide anything from the reader, instead he sort of opens up his life in a way and puts it all in his poems. He writes about writing poems, what he's doing as he's trying to write a poem, and about other simple things. Some of the poems are very thought provoking however, as Collins goes in to extreme detail when considering certain simple objects. The book contains subtle, witty, and clever humor. The back of the book says that with accessible language, Collins, opens the door to poetry to those for whom it might otherwise stay closed. I find this very true, as I am not one who really enjoys or understands poetry. I like simple readings, and this was just that. I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of the poems in this book, and I actually might even read other Billy Collins poetry books.