One of our most revered LIVING American poets is Billy Collins. Here is Collins reading one of his poems, called LITANY.
A poem reaches us for a variety of reasons, and one of those has to do with its interpretation. Think of Billy Collins' poem as he read it, and then as this boy reads it:
Then think about vantage point and access to the poetic message.
We will think about the poem, as well, through our own interpreations of Collins' form.
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