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Walking Across The Atlantic
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I wait for the holiday crowd to clear the beach
before stepping onto the first wave.
Soon I am walking across the Atlantic
thinking about Spain,
checking for whales, waterspouts.
I feel the water holding up my shifting weight.
Tonight I will sleep on its rocking surface.
But for now I try to imagine what
this must look like to the fish below,
the bottoms of my feet appearing, disappearing.
Billy Collins
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Monday, January 13, 2003 |
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Read poems about / on: beach, fish, water, sleep, fishing
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Comments about this poem (Walking Across The Atlantic
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Margaret Newcomb (6/24/2007 3:02:00 PM)
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Mr. Collins,
Your work is so descriptive and imaginative that I am right there walking across the Atlantic with you. Thank you. I never imagined I'd get to.
Margaret
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Paula Schneiderman (12/16/2006 6:24:00 PM)
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I love having access to specific poems, but your website is a little hard to navigate. Maybe it will be easier for me the next time. Thanks, Paula
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