Hunger

Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America's best-selling poets, reads his poem "Hunger" with animation by FAD.

Noted for their intelligent humor, accessibility and observations on daily life, Collins' popular poems come alive further in a series of animated poems produced by JWT-NY.

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The Poem - The fox you lug over your shoulder in a dark sack has cut a hole with a knife and escaped. The sun lightens, makes you think you are stronger as you walk back to your small cottage through a forest that covers the world.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• poet
• laureat
• poetry
• Billy
• Collins
• animation
• JWT

[Crazyfish66]

Yes we all believe your such an important individual and the 42 seconds meant everything to you... oh no wait, your browsing videos on youtube, fuck off.

[bennude10]

That monotone voice and atmospheric ambiance, gets under your skin. Leave your fear on edge.

I Love it.

[velvetonomatopoeia]

@Crazyfish66

nothing like good old-fashion emotional invalidation

please, spare us the all sensativity it might actually make me feel something

[halynamyroslava]

Warm thanks

[ae1lisahaha]

Is it a fox?

[megakid39]

Lol school...

[FrogBlasters]

I'm surprised by the lack of intelligent comments, but I guess it is youtube. I think the only part that is not up for interpretation in this poem is the image of the ultimate hunger of being certain of gratification to find it has eluded you. When you get home with your sack, you realise you are a fool, believing you were strong when you were merely proud and ignorant, and because of your ignorance, you will go hungry. What its elements can be substituted for is up for interpretation.

[reyonicko]

pppptttfffff i thought it was

[stephantom]

@Crazyfish66 ?

[MOTHMANESYKK]

LOL HOLY SHIT