First of all, you have to understand that I am not normally a reader of poetry. However, I have heard Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States, interviewed several times on NPR (including one memorable episode of Wait! Wait!), so when I saw of copy of The Rain in Portugal (#648) displayed on a shelf in my local library, I picked it up on a whim. How was I to know that it was a portent?
Suffice it to say that most of the poems did not go where I expected, and therein lays their charm and delight for this reader. I cannot say more in praise than I have determined to possess a copy of my own The Rain in Portugal to peruse whenever it takes my fancy. Thus a fan is born.
Oh, I did mention that this slim volume was a portent, didn't I? Before the week was out, I had booked my own trip there. I promise not to write poetry about it!
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