You are more than welcome, Khaya. As you have noted, often poetry speaks to us differently at different times in our lives depending upon what we bring ‘to the page’. Perhaps that’s part of it’s timelessness?
And, thank you for your thoughtful comments…

I like the snippets you shared of Murray’s poems, especially the second one. Looking at the date of your review, these poems were surely written before the pandemic. But how the lines, “Where are we to go / to find ourselves?” ring true today!

Thank you for the introduction.

You’re welcome, Brigid.

Always happy to bring something new to a reader!
And yes, I had to google Billy Collins, so you see it goes both ways!
One of my favorite contemporary poets is Mary Oliver who recently passed away.

You’re so right!