Walking Across the Atlantic

	Duration: 00:45 minutes Upload Time: 2007-02-13 14:11:10 User: JWTNY :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America's best-selling poets, reads his poem "Walking Across the Atlantic" with animation by Mike Stolz of Manic. Noted for their intelligent humor, accessibility and observations on daily life, Collins' popular poems come alive further in a series of animated poems produced by JWT-NY. - - - - - - The Poem - I wait for the holiday crowd to clear the beach before stepping onto the first wave. Soon I am walking across the Atlantic thinking about Spain, checking for whales, waterspouts. I feel the water holding up my shifting weight. Tonight I will sleep on its rocking surface. But for now I try to imagine what this must look like to the fish below, the bottoms of my feet appearing, disappearing.
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Namovaryar1980 ::: Favorites  2007-02-23 03:42:17 It is almost like looking at a dream that you had last night, but had only just forgotten. This brings back that whole dreamy feeling. Wow __________________________________________________
agaleano ::: Favorites  2007-02-23 04:39:37 nice poem __________________________________________________
weasknoquarter ::: Favorites  2007-02-23 08:07:43 great stuff __________________________________________________
tainah07 ::: Favorites  2007-02-23 09:01:12 I really enjoy poetry now. __________________________________________________
GreenJumpSuit ::: Favorites  2007-02-23 09:19:47 great. __________________________________________________
HarperFilms ::: Favorites  2007-02-23 16:08:12 freaking awesome! __________________________________________________
Biofreak101 ::: Favorites  2007-02-23 20:10:50 I cant see anything but literal meaning... Im sorry... If this had any sort of deep subliminal mesage its trying to portray im not getting it. __________________________________________________
firman76imation ::: Favorites  2007-02-24 13:10:25 lovely , ah very mello __________________________________________________
styvin ::: Favorites  2007-02-24 17:06:52 For me, this poem was about ambition and competition. __________________________________________________
sunboyNo16 ::: Favorites  2007-02-24 18:29:19 theres no actual rhyme in the poem, but the animation is good. __________________________________________________
Deathless2288 ::: Favorites  2007-02-24 20:12:26 good stuff, keep them coming! __________________________________________________
SlimVex ::: Favorites  2007-02-24 23:54:11 Your really dumb... __________________________________________________
footlessworm ::: Favorites  2007-02-25 00:47:45 man that is some kickass animation.oh and i love your poems too. __________________________________________________
JDizzle102 ::: Favorites  2007-02-25 01:27:50 The poem is calming. I truly enjoyed it. Love it and keep it going __________________________________________________
TheIanEscape ::: Favorites  2007-02-25 09:49:48 to the person who said "There's no actual rhyming in the poem": POETRY ISN'T "SUPPOSED" TO RHYME. In fact, most poems don't. Try taking an English class __________________________________________________