A Christmas Present Full Of Poems

Thank you for Questions About Angels
by Billy Collins.

It’s a Christmas present
full of poems.

I expect I’ll be reading them
for many years to come.

As well as giving me pleasure
and making me look at the world

afresh
they’ll inspire me

to try and write something
half as good

- but to no
avail;

I know
(though I’m not despondent about it)

I will fail.


What colour shoes do angels wanna wear?