Billy Collins - Consolation

[nikkjaer]

fucking depressing! i know people laughed and that he wrote it so.. but damn, that's how we all feel in that situation isn't is?

[FabioFresh]

i got a poem it goes, "Shit! God Damn! Get off your ass and jam!"

[david20101952]

laughing through the tears...

[mcfartson]

His pattens remind me sometimes of bukowski..without the sheer anguish.

[MrChange31]

I really enjoy listen to Collin works!! They are very humorous and simple (as well as beautiful). Would be a dream to meet him one day and ask for an autograph!!

[seanpdaly]

The one eyed camera eating the world! great!

[Golfnfnatc]

They laugh because he is funny. in 2005 he was awarded the first Mark Twain prize for humor in poetry by the poetry foundation. you don't get awarded for humor unless you are funny. great poem.

[joycanyon]

we'll they have to someone, don't they . . . and doesn't mean they're funny now does it

[Freeasabird17]

They anticipate that Billy is hilarious. No harm in that.

[Seastriker21]

it's a good poem, why do they have to laugh so hard? so dumb

[ineverfakejumps]

@Seastriker21 the humour is part of what makes it a good poem!

[CaptainTrunk]

Great guy, but why the F is this just an excerpt, either don't upload anything at all, or the full video! Effing Advertisement links...

[pnpeters30]

it's the same as a musician posting a music video. he's performing one of his poems. you wouldn't want to watch a whole concert if you were interested in listening to one song in particular would you?

[SeraphineSky]

brilliant, love his voice, it really brings out the character of the poem!

[Nickthejedi1]

This man a no less a human, than a god!

...or a demigod....

[BassistNick]

I will slide into the flow of the morning paper, idiocy flwoing freely.

Lmao. Brilliant.

[sideaches]

"rivers of idiom flowing freely"

"Idiom," not "idiocy."

[nicanicabad]

wonderful!

[geyser]

Thanks...