Sep 11 Watch 3:09 Poet Billy Collins Reflects on 9/11 Victims in 'The Names' Billy Collins was the U.S. poet laureate at the time of the 9/11 attacks. A year later, he wrote "The Names" in honor of the victims. He read the poem before a special joint session of Congress held in New… Continue watching
Sep 08 Preview of 'America Remembers 9/11': Reading by Poets Billy Collins, Nancy Mercado By Tom LeGro For our "America Remembers 9/11" special program, we invited two poets -- Billy Collins and Nancy Mercado -- to each read a poem to mark the anniversary. Continue reading