Billy Collins served as US Poet Laureate from 2001-2003. His most recent collection is The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems (Random House, 2005).

About Alehouse:
Poets in this issue: Robert Allen, Jr, JP Anderson, Matthew James Babcock, Albert Capovilla, Carli Carrara, Susan Cohen, MR Cohn, Billy Collins, JP Dancing Bear, Carol Dine, Jeannine Dobbs, Stephen Dunn, Robert Eastwood, Lynnell Edwards, Barbara Elovic, Dave Engeldrum, Gail Rudd Entrekin, Leah Epstein, Erich Erving, Karin Evans, Catherine Fraga, Ross Gay, Elton Glaser, Alisa Gordaneer, Leo Haber, Steve Halle, Kate Emily Harris, Joseph Hart, Rebecca L Hilliker, Margaret J Hoehn, Glenna Holloway, Alice Jay, Allison Joseph, Rich Kenney, Susan Kenyon, Miriam N Kotzin, Andrew Kozma, Maxine Kumin, Joyce E Latham, Laura LeHew, Julianna McCarthy, Paula McLain, Robin Metz, Jace Miller, Mimi Moriarty, Greg Nicholl, David Offutt, Patricia O’Hara, Mwatabu S Okantah, Lisa Ortiz, Ellen Peckham, Floyd Skloot, Jeanine Stevens, Audrey VanDenberg, Jeff Walt, Michael Waters, Irene Willis, Zayra Yves