Sweet Talk -- Billy Collins

[whyitdoesntwork]

Go type GIFT before youtube.com and get your prize!

[BernsteinCharles]

Billy Collins has a genius for making the everyday sound totally mundane.

[manatsunoshi]

to my mind, this is the perfect poem

[AhPoetry]

I just wish that had been written for me.

[annesophie82]

i love hopper... this is the best poem ever.

[bloopyblop]

English 117 sign in

[Ahavati1]

Terrific read.

[JeramyTheGirl]

Brilliant thats all.

[dharmabums28]

Lovely.

[XaraWhite]

i like this...

[myelinsheeth]

genius.

[antoinecassar]

Billy Collins has many poems better than this one... but I still enjoyed listening to it. Many thanks for uploading.

[Notreally18ha]

dumb

[qwerty7546]

genius absolute genius

[5339751Pet]

Love Poem! Have my opinion of what it means, what do you guys think?

[methariel]

probably the best collins material ive seen.

[Shetasen]

Billy is not a pervert! And he is a great poet! It's modern!..very modern and overly simplfied. You dont need to rhyme to have a poem. I free style all my poems. His poems are easy enough but Billy himself isn't so easy to understand.

[dopexlove]

you people are so mean

why are you talking down to an ARTIST

this is his word

his pride

thats just mean to say things

[YouTubin2Me]

Yeah Baby!!

[Polaroidist]

LOL is someone telling Billy Collins to take poetry classes? That's hilarious.

[matthewomejia]

lmao, i no. what an r-tard. but this was a great vid, loved it.

[chickenjojo]

nice.

rhyme? are you kidding me?

[Meulen4]

Well done, sweetie????my name is no tweety????arghhh

[Griesmayer]

Well yes, it is an odd poem. Great work, pervert. Oh and no rhymes as well. You need to take some poetry classes!

[ChrisSheaffe]

poetry doesnt need to rhyme, some one needs to take some poetry classes

[Acumensch]

Who said poetry had to rhyme?

And so he´s ä pervert? Hardly.

[cowmandude]

...yes, Billy Collins needs a poetry class...lol

[damienmetalwind]

He needs a poetry class? Dude he was Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001-2003.

You are a dipshit.

[josssshua]

@damienmetalwind

You're right, he's a good poet. But saying justifying with that with his position as Poet Laureate certainly doesn't speak an iota to his talent, only to the fact that he knows people in Washington.

[closeholydarkness]

bahahahahaha

[octopuscollective]

@Griesmayer you might want to trade in your poetry rule book for the latest revision.

[oceanviewgal]

@octopuscollective  I just wish I'd written it!!!!!

[yehan44bro]

how how very good idea to compare women with art work..

good luck

peace

[yehan44bro]

sweet talk of women..are bullshit..just fucking nonsense n you dream in the office..lol

good luck

peace

[hillarymary]

edward hopper ...yess

[valland55]

good Hopper pic; the poem is good too.

[moviemad89]

"baby" lol

[rozylips]

that was so sweet, it brings beautiful images to your head, like being in a dream...

[inluminary]

...again, lovely.

[rufdogshavebumps]

haha awesome

[cyborg264]

Is Billy coming up with these poems or is he readin others'? I like the style how it flows fast and paints vast. Brings pictures quickly. I can't squeeze so much into so few words. More practice needed.

[smilexwryly]

These are his own work

[persephika]

wow this was really funny and sweet! Awesome!

[ColdChicago]

auden had chops

bukowski was scatalogical

joyce wrote verse that was prodigal

billy tho made the rubber chicken circuit

reading from what induces:a lurk

a fall, a slip, a dip---verse that sags and then proceeds to drip

[Acumensch]

Billy's "Sonnet": this is hilarious.

All we need is fourteen lines, well, thirteen now,

and after this one just a dozen

to launch a little ship on love's storm-tossed seas,

then only ten more left like rows of beans.

How easily it goes unless you get Elizabethan

and insist the iambic bongos must be played

and rhymes positioned at the ends of lines,

one for every station of the cross.

[Acumensch]

....(continued)

But hang on here wile we make the turn

into the final six where all will be resolved,

where longing and heartache will find an end,

where Laura will tell Petrarch to put down his pen,

take off those crazy medieval tights,

blow out the lights, and come at last to bed.

[ColdChicago]

"baby," the poet said

and there was a wave of recognition

of minds returned from the "painterly referential" of

dusty erudition

[zogalicious]

yeah!

[lemonshine11]

you've got to be kidding me, don't take the time to leave a negative comment if your not a well-read poet or are qualified enough to critisize poetry.

i'd love to see your 8 year old sister's work, too.

great video.

[Boyce1983]

Oh yeah genius....You are so brilliant, your opinion truly is the only one that counts!!! I am amazed by your intelligence, and knowledge of poets and poetry. You are a national treasure....Honestly, you are just as important as you think you are!! LOL

[cyborg264]

I was complimenting Billy. If you wrote that in response to me then you must really be looking for unnecessary fights child. Your posts are blocked from my account.

[Boyce1983]

LMAO....No, it was in response to someone else...LOL

I share your opinion. Child.

[8sophia8]

if this guys a poetic genius then i must be the czar of Russia. My 8 year sister can make better stuff than this. GAWD* I mean me being a girl and all if someguy told me this i'd barf on his face.

[Acumensch]

Ok. then post your eight-year old sister's stuff here. I want to see it.

(Of course I know sophia means wisdom; my point was to say you are anything but wise.)

The thing about Collins is that he's not a poet's poet. But you still have to know about other poetry and art to get his little jokes. You also have to understand his rejection of formal, pre-modern poetry.

[8sophia8]

dude, all im saying is that this guy is really boring to ME gawd!! these comments are there to put what you have to say about these videos, so i say what i think!

[SAP06]

Uh, Billy Collins TRIES to be and IS funny. I doubt you would ever FIND a guy clever enough to write you such a poem, so don't worry about barfing on him.

Most poetry takes itself way too seriously. Billy Collins puts the fun back into it.

[damienmetalwind]

He's trying to make the point that sweet talk is lame. Also, he wants to provoke a reaction from the audience. He did that. He is a genius.

[patdan1911]

@8sophia8 I can assure you , you are NOT the Czar of Russia, or a poetic genius or even an astute critic. I am glad to hear someone in your family can appreciate poetry but I doubt your 8 y.o. sister would want to try to out-do Mr Collins even if she could, for if she could, she would see him as a peer whose talent should be as appreciated as her own. If "someguy" ever tries to tell you anything poetic in some misguided attempt to impress you, I will personally attempt to steer him elewhere.

[8sophia8]

god, this guy is sooo dead, he sound like a guy with no life

[8sophia8]

This guy is a big fat douche

[Acumensch]

What are you talking about. You're a philistine, Sophia (anything but wise)

Collins is poetic genius. Read his works and you will see that not many poets have that kind of knack for intelligent allusion and pervasive humor.

[xxxExxx2]

um,i didnt write that, i think my bro did, i dont even knw wat a "douche" is, btw, sophia MEANS wisdom, acumensch!

[8sophia8]

oh, just found out that when i posted something, it was logged in as someone else, acumensch, so that xxxExxx2 person was me, k? but before the sophia person was not me k?

[mollymollymollyy]

hahaha omg, i could soo see him using that at an art gallery!!

[jazzmasta314]

I liked this, mainly because I'm a big Bukowski fan, I suppose :) great job!

[ballg]

i didn't really like it, i like his other work though.

[Acumensch]

I like it because it's a really long campy pickup line that only someone like Billy Collins would use while at an art gallery.

[Lyubov91]

Art History and poetry all in one.

[naziplimsole14]

Comedy

[funhan]

i liked it. wish it was longer :)

[crippledfatty]

you suck at poetry.

[cherryames123]

Gee, you say that like it's a good thing, baby.

[Americanogig]

I love the 'baby' at the end. Awesome.

[Dedachuawn]

Cool

[yhana21]

baby

[GowdeyNMC]

OH BABY.

awesome poem.

[GorBorg]

Bad like the song?

[jdjbarnat]

Very, Very, Very GoOD!

[Acumensch]

I'm glad this video is getting so many hits. Within the last day it went from 400 views to 4,000. Can someone tell me what is linked to this?

[sociocide]

another one of billy's poems was featured on the front page of youtube. thats why.

[Interpoly]

Yeah, that's how I found out about his poems. They're really amazing, and I like this one's ending >.<

[StefaniGrujic]

i love this man lol

[nonamejane]

I dig all the art references

[narutokyuubi101]

you are bad