http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2009/01/11/tension-by-billy-collins/ Thu, 24 May 2012 07:15:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2009/01/11/tension-by-billy-collins/#comment-28159 rinabeana Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:41:54 +0000 http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2009/01/11/tension-by-billy-collins/#comment-28159 That made me laugh. Thanks for sharing! That made me laugh. Thanks for sharing!

]]> http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2009/01/11/tension-by-billy-collins/#comment-24165 Vicky Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:23:14 +0000 http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2009/01/11/tension-by-billy-collins/#comment-24165 I told my creative writing students that using "suddenly" was not an effective way of creating tension, and that I knew of a poem by Billy Collins that would show them why. One of my students said, "I'm not a fan of suddenly." I told my creative writing students that using “suddenly” was not an effective way of creating tension, and that I knew of a poem by Billy Collins that would show them why. One of my students said, “I’m not a fan of suddenly.”

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