Billy Collins quote: I have my Poetry 180 project, which I've made my main project. We encourage high schools, because that's really where, ...

I have my Poetry 180 project, which I've made my main project. We encourage high schools, because that's really where, for most people, poetry dies off and gets buried under other adolescent pursuits.

~ Billy Collins ~

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