Now and Then
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  • A lot of thanks

    TravellingPot 2 weeks ago

  • his voice fits him perfectly for the poems

    what an interesting poet

    penn9212 3 weeks ago

  • that was kinda interesting..

    plasterallyson 4 months ago

  • !!!!!!!

    halynamyroslava 11 months ago

  • Clever done!! - I did not really get the political aspect of it.....as I sensed it was; I do not know that much about China; only the Norway is much worse; in China unwanted persons are shot by bullets, if I understand it correctly, in Norway they are destroyed by TIME......ten year, twenty year, thirty year; pressure pressure - than suicide; or better; chasing to murder!!

    ed

    w w w eddy nu

    onlinelondon 11 months ago

  • Dude, u should soooo do another one of these chinese watercolo animations bu do like a "beautiful battle" samurai type thing and use like a chill ass oriental hiphop beat (and I know the perfect person to help u with that! Seriously tho!

    Primape92 1 year ago

  • I love Billy Collins poetry! So simple and beautiful. Especially enjoyed this particular piece!

    MrChange31 1 year ago

  • Otto is starting to reconsider some of the choices he has made. The things we want for our selfs and believe they are the best for us are not necessarily the things we choose. Our judgment is blinded by our desire for our belief, so we make a choice hoping it is our belief. Deep down we know that we are wrong ...we will always be wrong because our belief was not meant to be..........

    TheHdview 1 year ago

  • ok this guy has to be one of the worst poets ive ever heard of in my entire life. his lazy ass writes a paragraph and he expetcs everyone to love it because of his names' reputation? thats bullshit

    klevs213 1 year ago

  • I love it! Nice work.

    Pinkribbonscars 2 years ago

  • That is a huge generalization you're making.

    sunshiney99 2 years ago

  • it's just an observation

    Amirnake 2 years ago

  • didnt tha song dynasty poet get high and saw his reflection in the water and try and save himself? XD

    i thought he was a happy fellow

    XSilentScreamzX 3 years ago

  • This poet makes light of the world.

    Freeasabird17 3 years ago

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    christsbassist89 3 years ago

  • "Why day is day, night night, and time is time,

    Were nothing but to waste night, day and time.

    Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,

    And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,

    I will be brief: your noble son is mad:

    Mad call I it; for, to define true madness,

    What is't but to be nothing else but mad?

    But let that go."

    totalpardo 3 years ago

  • I liked that. It had a message

    Sandiooo 3 years ago

  • Good poem, beautiful animation

    gnikcohs 3 years ago 3

  • Collins always seems to act against the majority of poetry. Instead of concentrating on the horrors of society, and the general injustice, he strips life down to various menial moments, the dinner table, the 'best cigarettes', and shows how the common events are as important as the epiphonic.

    qwsxcder 3 years ago 17

  • Try the new surrealist poetry and prose anthology - "To The Surprise Of The Protected" - download it free at surpriseoftheprotected dot com

    Thank you - enjoy, comment and pass it on : )

    prosaicwritings 3 years ago

  • If you like this poem (like I do, I love it) you should check out 'Across The Clouds' by JNeffLind. It's animated poetry in the same style as Billy Collins. Fun, unpretentious, but meaningful. I tried to post it as a video response here but for some reason they won't let me.

    Best,

    J

    JNeffLind 3 years ago

  • I feel like an infant being lulled to sleep with these gentle words. Very calming.

    lostandsafe 3 years ago 2

  • Makes you reflect about your own life. Simpler said than done... contentment.

    seijisanti 4 years ago 4

  • I agree with you.

    silasiscool 4 years ago

  • nice ONE!

    narsingbaho 4 years ago

  • i like this one

    belphigor666will 4 years ago

  • this may be seen as aside, but ...

    The TV pop-up add in the middle of a You-tube poem absolutely destroys it! Time to find an alternative to YouTube.

    ikoino 4 years ago

  • You know, you have control of your computer and its allowing or disallowing pop-ups. Exercise your options.

    bartolel 4 years ago

  • i agree ikiono about the add it was upseting but i can deal with it for now

    Shinnyuu2 4 years ago

  • I hear a book is a good substitute.

    christsbassist89 3 years ago

  • " I hear a book is a good substitute." Nope. I had a book for a substitute once, and it couldn't control the class at all. They was running around screaming, and it dint even send no one to the office. I was embarrassed and I din't learn nothin'.

    chaetophile 2 years ago 9

  • nice animation :)

    steffid 4 years ago

  • cool. I have always loved those beautiful chinese waterpaintings

    boredcloud 4 years ago

  • Like a child's dream.

    thriftstorepatina 4 years ago

  • awesome, i like it!

    sunhaninindia 4 years ago

  • Does no one here have a serious comment?

    I like this poem...I wonder if its in my book.

    Shetasen 4 years ago

  • Good stuff mate

    Ryguy1450 4 years ago

  • I save these for a certain time I can sit back

    and really enjoy them. I watch them time and again

    and still get a good feeling. The imagery takes my

    mind far away from people poised to copy each other .

    Paul186 4 years ago

  • really good

    rezasha 4 years ago

  • i dont get it

    XmetalmikeX 4 years ago

  • nice chain comment

    Jacob284 4 years ago

  • bet it took them a while to think of that chain message.... better send it or the dogs will get you. *shifty eyes*

    blckcat28 4 years ago

  • best chain letter ever.

    closeholydarkness 4 years ago

  • holy cow.

    chickenjojo 4 years ago

  • very good animation! beautiful!

    leirgauk 4 years ago

  • georgeous

    irolori 4 years ago

  • it is baaaaaaaaaad sorry but it is try to think of more intoresting things

    GreenDay666 4 years ago

  • Another good one!! Very nice :-D

    fumala420 4 years ago

  • I am enthralled. Brevity is the soul of wit.

    bowlingballout 4 years ago

  • not enough people appreciate your work. its awesome man. keep it up

    alakalaboo 4 years ago

  • Wow and then?

    dou12bfamous 4 years ago

  • If Only

    CosmicFrizbe 4 years ago

  • remarkable...

    darkzluv2007 4 years ago

  • beautiful.

    sandman543212004 4 years ago

  • ...Billy, Billy.

    inluminary 4 years ago

  • Wow these animations are great!!!

    Acumensch 4 years ago

  • it's pretty amazing how well the animaters capture the mood of each poem. i wonder how much collins collaborated? or perhaps that's why they're talented.

    emilybambam 4 years ago

  • I like this poem and the animation. A true mixing of web 2.0 & traditional arts. weboetry = web2.0+poetry.

    Thank you

    jijesh 4 years ago

  • i like this billy collins poet, is he famous because if he isent, he should be.

    juststoptickingmeoff 4 years ago

  • perfect marriage of visual and vocal- quirky

    DebZoid 4 years ago

  • This is brilliant work.

    edgluhrs 4 years ago

  • i liked that ^_^

    Yardy1234 4 years ago

  • ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS.... BOOBIES

    Evan11heaven 4 years ago

  • i really like all of your videos

    notcoolmy 4 years ago

  • wow the animations are sometimes creepy but I absolutely love the poems there like something to think about. :]

    bowsandlollipopsx 4 years ago

  • ONCE AGAIN!! I LOVED IT!! YOUR ANIMATIONS ROCK AND THE POEMS JUST ALWAYS FLOW! And i must agree but it had a little humor to it...i thanks to your animation ofcourse.

    TantraGal 4 years ago

  • Amazing!

    I have no clue about poetry, but I really really love the work!

    Awesom Animation and WOW - great tempo!

    guydgazit 4 years ago

  • his voice is soothing and the poems are great

    mirandahuk 4 years ago

  • Best poem i've read till now on youtube..

    uaua..

    Eaglesky1 4 years ago

  • This is great, so beautiful and relax thank you for sharing it with us.

    RunnersHighz 4 years ago

  • nice poem..it is a very essential lesson oflife..one is never happy with the present..something that buddha inspired us to look into..think about it!

    junction2x 4 years ago

  • life must be boring then.

    fernygurl 4 years ago

  • Ahahah no way man u had to work ur a** to the bone . . . altho right now is kind of boring as well

    Darknessfall1 4 years ago

  • this is absolutely beautiful! so inspiring. thank you!

    pappirus 4 years ago

  • Thank you. I like what you have to say, and how you choose to say it.

    sbonyba 4 years ago

  • HAHA..sorry but i found it funny..im maybe stupid :) sorry for my english

    mymyyoh 4 years ago

  • the only word I can say.... amazing!

    u r genius!

    everest8848 4 years ago

  • agreed.. thanks for sharing buddy

    MAldoseri 4 years ago

  • amazing.

    treehamallama 4 years ago

  • You're animation is very entertaining!! BRAVO!

    iwww123 5 years ago

  • Ok, so it wasn't your animation. But thank you for putting it on YOUTUBE!

    iwww123 5 years ago

  • lenny121 is a silly chicken! that poem didnt make sense, but it was beautiful, but it didnt make sense, but, it was beautiful

    hardstreetbambi 5 years ago

  • LOL my ass. any one who does this, your damn computer will shut off.

    lilbuns777 5 years ago

  • loved it :)

    mcasual 5 years ago

  • i think this is a very good poem ...i like it very much ...keep doing it and don't listen those who don't know what are you speaking about...

    vescriededeparte 5 years ago

  • these poems are hilariously too deep.

    and the voice is hilariously enthusiastic!!

    dellajeanwheeler 5 years ago

  • The animation fits the words, but the voice is too depressing and monotone. Not much depth there either.

    EvanStar4506 5 years ago

  • i dig the imagery but the poems and the poet's voice are totally randomly depressing. i would love to put different words to them and a decent voice

    dbrens17 5 years ago

  • I have no idea what this poet is ever talking about.

    CaitlinGordon 5 years ago

  • A depressed druggy mayhap!? Soshon Bleu!

    crankly 5 years ago

  • he is a depressed drugy.

    bigtex09 5 years ago

  • How do you think of this stuff thats amazing?

    TaylorbellDP 5 years ago

  • the steady flow of the water clock tick tocks at my desk until this structured mess that is my week is not so bleak, its friday.

    fleischtube 5 years ago

  • water clocks don't tick tock, they drip drop.

    nevilleanimusic 5 years ago

  • those videos are full thougts. i like them

    rudyorso 5 years ago

  • I love this guy. Talent wise, that is. Wish I could put into words and drawings the thoughts i have in such a wonderful way.

    loribit85 5 years ago

  • I love this poet. He is absolutely amazing and talented.

    tainah07 5 years ago

  • omg, this is a talent

    sonofawe 5 years ago

  • I think I'm going to subscribe to you just for the awesome Billy Collins animations :D :D

    oneblondeklutz 5 years ago

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