Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins; 2013. Hardcover.

Two-term Poet Laureate of the United States.

By turns playful, ironic, and serious, Collins’s poetry captures the nuances of everyday life while leading the reader into zones of inspired wonder. In the poet’s own words, he hopes that his poems “begin in Kansas and end in Oz.”

Touching on the themes of love, loss, joy, and poetry itself, these poems showcase the best work of this poet.