Walking Across the Atlantic
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  • sounds cool :-)

    atha001 2 weeks ago

  • I really like this :) I need a person to do this kind of animation for me in a doc I'm shooting. There is a poem being read in it! I will pay good money, per hour. I'm going to leave this note with others on youtube who are really good with this sort of thing. First one back to me will get the project. Are you interested?

    jaredcasey64 at g mail

    TriCountyScholar 10 months ago

  • beautiful

    OneSummerSky 11 months ago

  • This was destroyed by face of Sarah Palin's motherf*cking ugly bitch face that turned up at the bottom of the screen in an ad via Google. Useless piece of shit.

    boldovah 1 year ago 2

  • what a wonderful notion!!!

    misserinchase 1 year ago

  • OMG!!!!!! what book was this from?

    SuperHappyFucker 1 year ago

  • real

    jooelhultman 1 year ago

  • favourited and thank yu Gail for sharing you always choose one that you know i will enjoy...mary

    terigower 1 year ago

  • wtf does it mean??

    PrinceVice 2 years ago

  • It's just about him imagining walking across the ocean to Europe, nothing more.

    insertsloganhere 2 years ago

  • kool

    PrinceVice 2 years ago

  • @PrinceVice lol

    bxfabolous 1 year ago

  • Love the poem and great animation

    Roolooth99 2 years ago

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    ThePegava 2 years ago

  • Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful--great man, Billy Collins, just perfect for being so simplistic and yet so evocative, especially with the animation to back it up.

    HelenaHermione 2 years ago

  • I love the way these poems are animated! So cool~~:)

    zaraaaazar 2 years ago

  • ould this poem be about the aspirations of going somewhere over the atlantic,

    and imaginign the ability to "walk" over the atlantic?

    Mugenwind123 3 years ago 3

  • that was to short i want more

    tastybedsore 3 years ago 3

  • do u do this for the poet? If so I have some poetry I would love for u to do for me.

    yourRockiness 3 years ago

  • one of the most amazing poems i have ever read. when i first read it, it was a total compensation to my physical senses. which to me, it's the best kind of raction.

    house25 3 years ago

  • Although i desperately try to grasp the analogy the poet is presenting, I fail to get it. What is he talking about really? I like the usage of simple and relatable imagination...but am dependent on a literature teacher to take me all the way.

    jazbatee 3 years ago

  • I can't be sure what the author is trying to explain exactly, but, if I was to guess he's describing the last moments of life for someone who is committing suicide. you know, the last thought and illusions of some one who has walked into death.

    but that's just a guess...

    code46n2 3 years ago

  • i'm more apt to think that the poem is...about what it is about (radical, i know!) he is describing an imaginary experience in such a concrete, real way, and capturing this peaceful mood. you're right that some poems def. do have "the other meaning" but not all, and i think this poem is one of those.

    meanderingspark 3 years ago 3

  • pretty good

    physicals 3 years ago

  • I like the poem, but the lackluster quality of the 3-D model of the dude distracts me too much to favorite this video!!!

    anismores 3 years ago 2

  • I think the animation and the poem work together in effortless unity. The ad banner on the bottom of the screen however, degraded the whole experience. shitty ads. : )

    Lulewd 3 years ago 8

  • It's too bad they didn't credit the animator that really did most of the work here. Ahem!

    ugotfoos 4 years ago

  • I hope for you that 'Ahem' meant that you were being sarcastic.

    Demoras 4 years ago

  • I'm not big on his poetic style, but the animation is beautiful

    lesbaxter 4 years ago

  • Jesus doesnt exist if you dont believe in him :[

    Metal13Punk 4 years ago

  • tuche.. technically, he's real no matter what you believe.. you know, i actually like this poem now..

    TruRaviRavenGirl 3 years ago

  • in other words 'the pretentious prick!' lol

    hardstreetbambi 4 years ago

  • its a poem dumbass

    LifeSexIdeas 4 years ago

  • I don't think, he thinks he is Jesus. He just wrote a poem, that is all. Is that not what youtube is all about?

    bathregularly 3 years ago

  • mental masterbation, hold your shifting weight, and have a water spout. swing wildly about with a hammer in a china shop...lol

    seneca67 4 years ago

  • The way he reads reminds me of how Nicolas Cage talks..lol. I love Billy Collins. So talented. Powerful and simple.

    EmotionalFishVideos 4 years ago

  • Quite frankly, I'd rather b ahappy than across.

    dou12bfamous 4 years ago

  • i dont really get billy collins. his poems dont really srike me as poetry more like creative writing or something like that. i think that the only thing that makes it cool is the animation and the sounds. maybe im just ignorant

    Uip4py111 4 years ago

  • wow, this is deep.

    sandman543212004 4 years ago

  • i think you will find that it isn't actually that deep.

    scottythedevil 4 years ago

  • The beauty of Billy Collins' work is that it *isn't* deep. He just takes ideas and gives it to you at face value, but talks about it in a way that makes you rethink everything. He makes the mundane exciting. And that's why he's my favorite author.

    /end rant

    oneblondeklutz 4 years ago

  • true, this. i've met him, and he's a wonderful person.

    closeholydarkness 4 years ago 2

  • yes he is a wonderful person!!! Sweetest guy ever.

    spoonspoonspoons 3 years ago

  • fuck. i want to get stoned and read all of your stuff

    porcelainchic 4 years ago

  • this guy is so cool, i almost failed english in my last year of high school.

    Palgh 4 years ago

  • I love tis poem and its imagary. Having watched all the poetry videos by billy collins published on here so far, I think this one is my favourite. Please can we have more.

    idelia52 4 years ago

  • wow

    idelia52 4 years ago

  • this is my favorite poem of billy collins by far!! and the animation is absolutely amazing! whoever did this is a genius.

    "try to imagine what this might look like to the fish below: the bottoms of my feet appearing, disappearing

    house25 4 years ago

  • makes me feel light as a feather

    befz88 4 years ago

  • I actually got to see Billy Collins read this poem yesterday! He's amazing, and I love these animations.

    lavieestfolle 4 years ago

  • The Awesomeness... Though English is not my mother's tongue I love these poems... The animations are breath-catching and the voice... I WANT to speak like this ! Most sincere Congratulations and admiration !

    synsei1 4 years ago

  • Billy is my god.. and his poems are my religion

    NikoleXan 4 years ago

  • Wow is right! ..transformed...

    seriago 5 years ago

  • W-o-w.

    Probably my favourite (of all posted yet).

    HeatSurge 5 years ago

  • Billy had to be on the chiba, big time!! Right on, Billy!

    mysticrottie 5 years ago

  • tis a poetic universe

    mcasual 5 years ago

  • Is there any way to get this guy's poems on like, an iPod? Cause i really like em. And his voice makes me really sleepy, so i could listen at night or something.

    KayToTheT 5 years ago

  • Audible has a couple of audio books featuring him reading his poetry live. Also, Amazon has an audio CD, and of course, his poetry books.

    ArsenicJulep 4 years ago

  • a bit haunting... but really good. :]

    Bea16 5 years ago

  • A Poetic-Song has rhymes

    Nutella002 5 years ago

  • fuck you

    Cypher1994 4 years ago

  • Aren't you a sad soul....

    2007chessie 4 years ago

  • and also, the poem isn't by the animator but rather the former Poet Laureat of the United States, Billy Collins.

    TheIanEscape 5 years ago

  • 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

    TheIanEscape 5 years ago

  • The poem is calming. I truly enjoyed it. Love it and keep it going

    JDizzle102 5 years ago

  • man that is some kickass animation.oh and i love your poems too.

    footlessworm 5 years ago

  • good stuff, keep them coming!

    Deathless2288 5 years ago

  • theres no actual rhyme in the poem, but the animation is good.

    sunboyNo16 5 years ago

  • Your really dumb...

    SlimVex 5 years ago

  • no, Actually anybody creates poems without rhymes to explain their own position: "poems without rhymes are reflections of ones indifference towards the traditional". And I think this guy actually didn't give a damn about the traditional; the poem is well made, and I don't care if there's no rhyme, even though I used the opposite words on my last sentence. You did what you wanted, and I respect your point, but as Collins, I don't give a damn either. no hard feelings?

    sunboyNo16 5 years ago

  • For me, this poem was about ambition and competition.

    styvin 5 years ago

  • lovely , ah very mello

    firman76imation 5 years ago

  • 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.

    Biofreak101 5 years ago

  • ^_^; That's exactly how I feel about this

    uNdEnIaBlYiNsAnE 4 years ago

  • I think that's kind of the point. Collins doesn't usually like to be very obscure about things. In fact, he rejects the idea that you should analyze every poem to find out what it's "really trying to say." Sometimes you're just supposed to take it for what it is.

    blowery2 4 years ago

  • Well, if I take it for what it is, it just doesn't seem very deep, which is what I look for, in poetry. Without that, it just seems like something I could write in third grade.

    Then again, when you're talking about poetry, I guess there is no right or wrong answer. Just what you prefer or don't prefer. I have read some of his other poems, and I think he's great, I just don't like this piece in particular.

    uNdEnIaBlYiNsAnE 4 years ago

  • You can try to squeeze some deep meaning out of it if you want, but I don't think that's going to get you anywhere. You're right, poetry is VERY subjective, but there is such a thing as bad poetry. I like Collins myself, but you're right, this probably isn't his best piece. Personally, I prefer "The Best Cigarette," and "Forgetfulness."

    blowery2 4 years ago

  • freaking awesome!

    HarperFilms 5 years ago

  • great.

    GreenJumpSuit 5 years ago

  • I really enjoy poetry now.

    tainah07 5 years ago

  • great stuff

    weasknoquarter 5 years ago

  • nice poem

    agaleano 5 years ago

  • 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

    Namovaryar1980 5 years ago

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