"Walking Across the Atlantic" by Billy Collins

[jessyjessy4]

very interesting video thanks

[ptercottontail]

this kid seriously has incredible intonation

[paynechristopher29]

I am so glad I found your video! It's great!!!



[GabyInAction]

wocky swurface

[bonniefulgham]

All I can say is WOW! What a joy & Mom, I love the way you respond to him. You don't tell him he is sooooo smart. Instead, you let him know how much joy he is giving you by sharing his love of poetry. Please let him know that he gives all of us joy too!

[mcbcon]

Sometime we say amazing too often, but it is amazing a 3 year old is capable of reciting such poems.

[worldpeaz]

He's amazing .. what an glorious journey you have ahead with him. ♥

[dunbar4k]

Do you have any recent poems to post? I love to listen to your little boy recite! If I have a hard day, I'll put him on and pretty soon I'm smiling again! Thank-you Samuel!!

[judyblue0125]

this is one amazing little boy..thanks so much for sharing... (I also have a pretty smart and amazing little 5 year old granddaughter... :)

[nellieness01]

I love this boy!

[javagal65]

You have a beautiful, intelligent boy. You are most certainly doing something right! My hat's off to you.

[ambertaylorrose]

Next, AMERICA'S GOT TALENT! :-D

[Messiet]

What a cutie!!!

[daddyslilkel]

I agree! Send it to Billy!

[spiritkeeper1111]

He is so intelligent, and the way he speaks, its poetic in itself. You should be very very proud. :) good job little guy!

[ExoticButterflyEnt]

i love poetry more, now.

[KimMeyers100]

I enjoy your son's videos so much. We recite "Litany" around our house now. Thanks for reawakening a love of poetry!

[jengod1]

Your son is beautiful. Is this part of a homeschool cirriculum (I believe Charlotte Mason encourages kids to memorize poetry) or is this just something that happened?

[mcfartson]

Billy Collins himself has me him...an approved.

[monkeysize]

It is difficult to type these words while looking through tears of joy and envy after hearing your son recite such great works. You are truly blessed. I hope to hear him recite his own work twenty years from now.

[starsxsatellites]

I went to see Billy Collins at the Stonybrook Southampton Writers Conference this past summer. He played the video of "Litany" and everyone in the audience was so amazed! He is so cute and so smart. Billy Collins is my favorite poet, you should teach him to read "on turning ten" - that would be soooo cute!

[hillbillyhoneygirl11]

fantastico! more...more!;)

[bulgarianmimi]

CUTIE PIE! Yes he understands and relishes every word... It's marvelous!

[Ultramoose]

this kid is wonderful!

[GoneMadBackIn5]

you must be so proud :)

[nourights]

Bravo! How did I miss this? Your son is awesome!

[fargnbastage]

This kid reads poetry better than most of the students in my intro to poetry class. Billy Collins himself would approve.

[Giubaloo]

@fargnbastage Billy Collins himself HAS approved!

Google NPR "Love of Words Brings Child, Poet Together

[peazythatsmeazy]

@fargnbastage and he has, my friend. the two met not long ago.

[hilarybullock]

Thank you, thank you for posting. I am a fan and look forward to more, always!

[5963sarah]

you have an amazing son and he has like the best mother :D

[jadonandluke]

Good Job Superman!

[bkpbc]

wonder when we will see him perfom

[sloaneybologna]

Precious!

[officialravenzoe]

It's as if... He understands the words he's saying. Just the way he recites... It's impressive.

[MrBuddhamurphy]

@officialravenzoe He does understand . . . . more than we do. He is the thing that we only normally read and hear about; he is the reason we keep on and on; he is the reason.. .

[xxamiisaurusxx]

@officialravenzoe Who's to say he doesn't? :) kids are very smart

[WelcomeToTheSeaCom]

He is brilliant and you must be too. Would love to see him recite Mary Oliver or maybe Heather McHugh. :)

[laurakilometer]

So nice to see more from your amazing child. I love the way he expresses himself with such animation !

[cassaaanndra]

i like how he is talking to the dolphin!

[mbltb]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing:) you thought him well.

[ericasisland]

Yay! I'm so glad to see another poem he recites. Thank you SO much for posting...we, his fans, adore it!

[leddable]

There's something so serenely beautiful about hearing the dulcet tones of a child recount poetic imagery.

I absolutely love you for sharing this with the world and I look forward to every new video.

[abrostr1]

I think he really has a way of communicating the feelings inspired by the poet. Absolutely enchanting!

[adamwalkercleaveland]

These are such wonderful videos. But why do you have embedding disabled? So many people probably want to share these with other people on their sites....please enable embedding!

[jep2816]

Yay! He has another hit. Thank you so much for sharing your joyful boy reciting these great poems.

[ctrlaltkirsty]

love him love him love him !!!

[PhotoFilmEffect]

he's so amazing. He needs to recite more!

[jaimeleec]

He performs these poems so well. I am excited to check out more Billy Collins poems. Thanks for sharing.

[PokerfacePoet]

Bravo! What a pleasure it is to watch your son recite poetry. Non-rhyming poetry is so much harder to memorize, and he's brilliant at it!

[oohaahmaria]

Do yall memorize these poems together, does he do this on his own??

[kaiseh]

He's amazing :)

[bowler180max]

I love this little guy!