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Current State's Public Poetry Announcements are brought to you by the Center for Poetry at MSU's Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.

Public Poetry Announcement: Billy Collins

Billy Collins photo
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We all respond to poetry in our own way. Some people like to pick poems apart to find their meaning, and others simply want to experience them. Current State's Public Poetry Announcement this week is a look at those different approaches to poems.

Here is MSU Center for Poetry Director Anita Skeen reading “Introduction to Poetry,” by Billy Collins.

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