Monday, January 13, 2003

Flames Comments

Rating: 3.9

Smokey the Bear heads
into the autumn woods
with a red can of gasoline
and a box of wooden matches.
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Billy Collins
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elle 09 March 2022

wow great poem so insightful

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elle 09 March 2022

i agree

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da 09 March 2022

nice opinion

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Kevin Patrick 11 May 2021

I dont know why but I find this poem hilarious, dark humor is my favorite kind!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 11 May 2021

Excellent poem, Professor Bill Collins! Congratulations with The Modern Poem Of The Day

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Sylvia Frances Chan 11 May 2021

True educative poem, our thoughts are trained here to think about and then add our own response/ Brilliant Professor Bill Collins! Congratulations being chosen so many thimes with so many several poems you created. God's Blessings!

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Dr Antony Theodore 29 September 2020

His brown fur gleams under the high sun as his paws, the size of catcher's mitts, crackle into the distance. very good poem. tony

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Deepak Kumar Pattanayak 25 August 2020

Brilliant piece and how it narrates about the flames being brought under control with professional skills 10+++

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Mahtab Bangalee 24 August 2020

Smokey the Bear was a hero to prevent the wildfire and this poem indicated to this history

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Khairul Ahsan 24 August 2020

'He is sick of dispensing warnings to the careless, the half-wit camper, the dumbbell hiker' - loved these lines. Congratulations on your poem's selection as the 'Modern Poem of the Day'!

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Deluke Muwanigwa 24 August 2020

Lovely. And of course the fire he lit burned both bear and man.

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weewee 11 September 2019

boringggg i dont like this poem

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Mahtab Bangalee 24 August 2019

His ranger's hat is cocked at a disturbing angle. His brown fur gleams under the high sun............/// the flame of anger excellently expressed here

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Poetic Sky 24 August 2020

Copy n paste again.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 24 August 2019

Wonderful poetic expressions deserving modern poem of the Day.

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Michael Ejire 24 August 2019

He is sick of dispensing warnings to the careless, the half-wit camper, the dumbbell hiker. He is going to show them how a professional does it. Thanks for sharing

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Anil Kumar Panda 24 August 2019

'He is sick of dispensing warnings to the careless, the half-wit camper, the dumbbell hiker.'.. is so nice. Loved it.10+++++

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Malabika Ray Choudhury 24 August 2019

Wow! This is so good! Such a great humour, Mr. Collins! Thank you. He is sick of dispensing warnings to the careless, the half-wit camper, the dumbbell hiker.

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Dr Antony Theodore 24 August 2019

He is sick of dispensing warnings to the careless, the half-wit camper, the dumbbell hiker. a very good poem. tony

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Edward Kofi Louis 24 August 2019

'How a professional does It'! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Aniruddha Pathak 24 August 2019

One can debate on what and how, but humour at its best

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Ratnakar Mandlik 08 July 2019

One of the best poetic expressions of Billy Collins.

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Selelelele 09 January 2018

Poodles love water.

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