sailing alone around the room by billy collins

How simple, Collins suggests, in 'Dharma' the best things of life are, without keys and money - if only we could appreciate life as simply as a dog! But Collins is never pretentious in his invocation of Eastern Religions, as his poem about shoveling snow with Buddha underlines. This reference to a kind of Buddhist mindfulness or appreciation of the vitality and poetic intensity that is there in everyday nature, if only we look for it is seen in the poem 'Dharma,' where Collins marvels at 'The way the dog trots out the front door / every morning / without a hat or an umbrella / without any money / or the keys to her doghouse.' (137) A single room can provide the scope of a great, even epic journey of the spirit. Thus, the mundane work of life, and of the grind of writing, and simply living can be, with proper mindfulness, the stuff of great art. He can experience such catastrophic or wonderful events in his study, events of. 'It is possible,' he writes in the poem 'Picnic, Lightning': to be struck by 'a meteor / or a single-engine plane / while reading in a chair at home.' (98) The poet need not ride a spaceship to the moon or crash a plane. The title of the poetic volume further suggests that Collins views the poet's work of writing as a solitary endeavor of thinking and engaging with the written word in the privacy of one's study, perhaps, rather than in larger life. The title suggests that in modern life, with the right imagination, a poetic mind can sail around the world, although the poet may be physically confined to a room. The phrase Sailing Alone Around the Room speaks to Collins' vision of his overarching work as a poet of modern life, as well as merely his inclusive vision for a new collection. Because it is a compilation of a variety of his works over time, the title Sailing Alone Around the Room clearly 'means something' more in the poet's eyes than a title that is reflective only of a fixed and limited collection of poetry, confined to a more narrow period of the poet's creative life. The title of Collins' volume Sailing Alone Around the Room is the title the author chose for a compilation of some of his previous works, such as Picnic, Lightening. The title of Billy Collins' volume of poetry Sailing Alone Around the Room is perhaps even more important and significant to consider than the titles of the other volumes of the poet's work.

Sailing Alone Around the Room: An exiting adventure and exploration of the 'ordinary' poetic genius of Billy Collins

Sailing alone around the room by billy collins