Poems About Billy Collins by Top Critiquers

( After Billy Collins )

Observing an ocean of rain—      
so many fishtails, hydroplaning            
amid a merriment of muddy streets

reflections quaver under light—
deadwood trash washed out
to the air by waning wind

—commuters, rippling
toward landing places

I press on despite the storm;
its downpour uterin warm
—the alchemy of each breath
a gift terraforming myself—

in the recourse of clouds I realize
every departure is an undergone act—
every step-toward an eternal record ...