Rocking the Ages: The Pulse of Continuity and Change Book

Very few of these poems were memorable. An exception was "Man Listening to Disk" by Billy Collins. I quote: The music is loud yet so confidential/ I cannot help feeling even more/ like the center of the universe/ than usual as I walk along to a rapid/ little version of "The Way You Look Tonight". I often listen to music on headphones while walking my dog and that is exactly how I feel.

Here's another. This one is by Mark Halliday. It's entitled "Before" and it's about young love.

"prior to your denim cutoffs on the porch
prior to my notes and your notes
and before your name became a pulsing star,
before all this
ah safer and smoother and smaller was my heart"

I sometimes have trouble finding poetry that has meaning for me. Does anyone else have this problem?