On this week’s show, John King talks to the two-time former poet laureate Billy Collins about his latest collection, Water, Water, and how, if the window doesn’t open up for the composition of poetry, one should strive to find a trampoline in the woods, and how one can learn from the poetic breakers of decorum.

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This episode’s interview was conducted in association with Miami Book Fair, which will take place November 22-24.

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