The Dead
Billy Collins
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The Dead by Billy Collins
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In this short poem, Collins reminisces of the dead and reimagines them looking down on us all throughout our daily life. They check up on us when we do little, insignificant stuff such as “make a sandwich” or “lie down on a couch”. But he reminds us that they are still watching, every day.
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The dead are always looking down on us, they say,
while we are putting on our shoes or making a sandwich,
they are looking down through the glass-bottom boats of heaven
as they row themselves slowly through eternity.
They watch the tops of our heads moving below on earth,
and when we lie down in a field or on a couch,
drugged perhaps by the hum of a warm afternoon,
they think we are looking back at them,
which makes them lift their oars and fall silent
and wait, like parents, for us to closе our eyes.
The Dead Q&A
Who wrote The Dead's ?
The Dead was written by Billy Collins.
When did Billy Collins release The Dead?
Billy Collins released The Dead on Mon Jan 01 2001.