Forgetfulness - Billy Collins Animated Poetry
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View poetry in an entirely new and innovative way. Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America’s best-selling poets, reads his poem “Forgetfulness” with animation by Julian Grey of Headgear.
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 name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of, as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain, to a little fishing village where there are no phones. Long ago you kissed the names of the nine Muses goodbye and watched the quadratic equation pack its bag, and even now as you memorize the order of the planets, something else is slipping away, a state flower perhaps, the address of an uncle, the capital of Paraguay. Whatever it is you are struggling to remember, it is not poised on the tip of your tongue, not even lurking in some obscure corner of your spleen. It has floated away down a dark mythological river whose name begins with an L as far as you can recall, well on your own way to oblivion where you will join those who have even forgotten how to swim and how to ride a bicycle. No wonder you rise in the middle of the night to look up the date of a famous battle in a book on war. No wonder the moon in the window seems to have drifted out of a love poem that you used to know by heart.
how old was he when he wrote it?!
i am fearful this will happen to me as I age!
I love these.
Great poem! so sad…
I forgot how to type…damn!
This is so true, a lot of times we forget bunches of memories for other things our mind prefer to use. But them are still in us, waiting the exact time in the exact moment. I love this guy.
Dont toke so often, let your short term memory have a rest lol. awsome video man! thats the definition of my brain now.
Careful — days turn into years…
Inspired? Inspired to do what? Forget more often and to greater extent?
its true!
this is so beautiful
That was great, I have days where I feel like that!!
amazing.
thats really nice. im inspired. =]
Amazing vid—the visuals worked well and added to the poem. Keep it up!
Fantastic, both words and pictures. And the last phrase, forgetting love poetry, (perhaps even love?) is a heart thumper.
You are brilliant…
Simply beautiful.
a pleasure
amazing…plz put on more of these man…and the animationi s just AMAZING..it makes it so much nicer to hear..Bravo!
very true… collins is the poet of the ordinary folk…
OH NO!! i DID forget the capital of paraguay!!