Big Snap exclusive! Poems from THE BEST CIGARETTE Text and audio from Billy's one and only CD audio recording. Poems read on PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION Including selections from Picnic, Lightning and The Art of Drowning. Big Snap exclusive! Every online poem Big Snap Link Library We've found a few gems here and there. In fact, our index links to every online Billy Collins poem. Enjoy! now you can hear them too! Read and hear Billy Collins' poems online. Click one of the choices at left for a list (or just scroll down this page), or visit the Link Library for a complete index. Complete poem lists and covers for all Billy Collins publications can be found on the books+ page. How to hear a poem: Select a poem from THE BEST CIGARETTE. When the page appears, just click the HEAR THIS POEM button. The audio poems on this site require the free RealPlayerTM plug-in, version 5.0. We promise, it's worth the download. Poems from THE BEST CIGARETTE (CD/cassette) 1 another reason I don't keep a gun in the house 2 shoveling snow with the buddha 3 marginalia 4 afternoon with irish cows 5 walking across the atlantic 6 intro 7 consolation 8 forgetfulness 9 workshop 10 morning 11 driving myself to a poetry reading 12 wolf 13 purity 14 the art of drowning 15 nostalgia 16 candle hat 17 sweetalk 18 instructions to artist 19 pin-up 20 flames 21 Saturday morning 22 the afterlife 23 man in space 24 aristotle 25 wires of the night 26 history of weather 27 best cigarette 28 invention of the sax 29 child development 30 on reading in the morning paper that dreams may be only nonsense 31 the first dream 32 japan (no audio) 33 thesaurus 34 nightclub Want more? Billy Collins reads all of these tracks on "THE BEST CIGARETTE." You can have the real CD delivered to your doorstep. Click the BUY button below to order it online via Amazon.com. Also visit our BOOKS section for other Billy Collins publications. Or, visit the Big Snap Link Library for more Billy Collins online. Poems read on PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION January 31, 1998 Poems from Picnic,Lightning 1 Fishing on the Susquehanna in July 2 I Chop Some Parsley While Listening to Art Blakey's Version of "Three Blind Mice" 3 Japan Poems from The Art of Drowning 1 Consolation 2 On Turning Ten 3 Nightclub Poems from Questions About Angels 1 Forgetfulness 2 Nostalgia Poems from The Apple that Astonished Paris (out of print) 1 Another Reason I Don't Keep A Gun in the House Want more? Check out the Big Snap Link Library. Or better yet, get the real thing in a book: Picnic, Lightning and The Art of Drowning are available for online purchase. Visit the BOOKS section to learn more about books and recordings by Billy Collins. © 1997 Big Snap © 1997 a small good production