Having Clint Smith on and people like him is the difference between Stephen Colbert and other late night hosts. He moves the needle like few have ever. Thank you Stephen.
That statement also applies to other things. I worked in botany for a while, and sometimes someone would ask me to identify a plant for them (without showing me the plant). So I would have to ask them something like "What do the leaves look like?" At least a few times, the answer would be "Green." Needless to say, that alone would not help me identify identify a plant. 😂😂😅
I groaned. Ugh. Poetry. But I stayed. Listened and re-listened to this interview. Thank u Stephen. It was so beautiful and perfect for me. "Whose branches bent like sorrow." I wept.
How the Word is Passed is an awesome book, I have it in audio. I learned a LOT, plus had to accept my family stories were mostly fiction and the mythology needed to be ascended by the other people involved at the time. Yes, buy this book. *edit added - That poem is the human experience. I'll be adding the poetry book to my real book collection. Thank you, Clint.
Thank you so much for introducing us to this wonderful poet. Couldn't be better timed: this April is the twentieth anniversary of National Poetry Writing Month, and poets everywhere are gearing up to celebrate, as we do every year, by writing a poem each day.
Can we have one night a week here where it's all poetry? America needs more poetry. A good antidote to the headlines. Such a night, such a regular date with beauty, might change the world.
My grade 5 teacher once gave me really heartfelt feedback that have always been fallback words of encouragement whenever I feel down and 28 years later we now work side by side teaching at the same school. Being able to share the impact his words still have was such a special moment for me. Maybe for him too, I hope. And my own teaching is fundamentally guided by this knowledge and experience.
Watched this with headphones on while holding my sleeping, perfect, night-terror having toddler at 1:30 in the morning. Feel so connected to it all and yet so all alone. Tears streaming down my face. Glad to exist on this beautiful terrible planet.
Oh man, as a fellow, published writer, this brought tears to my eyes! What a gorgeous poem! Gotta go and find him in the library now. Gorgeous writing.
Lol seeing him here feels like running into your teacher at a restaurant and realizing they have a life outside the classroom. Now I have to check out his poetry
I nearly cried listening to the poem at the end, and at the story about the encouragement from his teacher. We teachers need to do more of this. We never know when a positive word will change the course of a student's life.
Having fallen in love under an oak tree whose branches bend like sorrow, in New Orleans, the tears that spring after the second line about a flood submerging a quiet 300-year-old neighborhood, are pouring like a Delta summer rain. Amazing what Smith can do with such simple imagery. That boy in '86? My pole star to this day.
Wow. I wasn't expecting to be hit by a wave emotion like that. Thank you Stephen and thank you Clint. My spirit really needed that release just now and I feel somewhat more calm and relaxed. Please have him on again and invite more guests like him. ❤️
Your words made me weep...all the joy and disparate actions we humans experience. The spoken word is under-rated. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.
I had never heard of Mr Smith's work and hearing his words, I am blown away! Beautiful and brilliant. I have the need to go to my favourite local bookstore to get Above Ground!
I’ve never been “into” poetry, but listening to Mr. Clint and in this interview really touched me and helped me understand what it is about poetry that is special. Mr. clint is very deep and thoughtful and explains the human condition very well. I am definitely going to explore his work! Thank you for this very special and different/ educational interview Mr. Colbert! More like this please! I love your show!👍🥇
I think to be a really good poet you have to love words and the sound of them together. Poetry is a lot like a jigsaw puzzle my family used to have in the 70's. The image was a Jackson Pollack painting. I think it was at least 500 pieces. Almost impossible to put together. But placing all the words together in a poem to convey your thoughts is a lot like that puzzle. Complex. Not easy to understand even when all together.
"The Act of Paying Attention.." I LOVE That.. ... and THAT... if one is willing and open to doing so and participating.. ..Is What Helps One Realize and Recognize those Stories.. ...that are - Poetic.. 🎨 In Poetry, In Feature, In Cinema, In Dance, In Nature, In Communication... ☯️ .. (Same Goes for [Further] Explaining, Justifying, and Substantiating ones Assertions too; I might add..) What A BEAUTIFUL Sit Down Here. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎨👏🤝
I wrote another poem in highschool. . I returned 16 years later and my teacher gave it to me. It was discovered from being in a file. He said I couldn't find this paper to throw it out. Lol True story
That part about how we teachers never know what comment we make will stick with a child makes me so terrified. It means everything I say in the classroom is potentially affecting every kid in that room. Good lord.
I've written 200 pages of poetry over 20 very difficult years. The ones I share, people say are beautiful. But I'm here to tell you, if events in your life won't relent long enough for you to get forward momentum _and_ catch you breath, even the power of poetry will fail you.
Maybe Clint could have been less elaborative on his answers but overall great feel and tasteful posture. I like t g at Stephen actually read a piece fr9m his work. Of course, it is a great book and a walk in a sensitive fragile intricate and necessary virtuous slice of reality.
If you've never actually watched a caterpillar eating, it's glorious, they eat tiny but visible bites, it's the most adorable thing that isn't having butterflies land on your finger on their own. Also fun is hassling a swallow-tail caterpillar, they are very brightly stripped fellows, and when you agitate them they rear up and stick out a pair of orange 'antlers' that are covered in nasty tasting chemicals they make from their diet of carrot relatives, it's so alpha to just rear up and taste bad in people's face!
If only one of Former Guy's teachers told him he would be a poet some day. Although. I shudder to think of what his odes to hamberders would sound like.
Really don’t care if Aaron or anyone made mistakes. I don’t think they were mistakes and even if they were, I don’t care. I truly don’t give a fuck. I just read and think about random things, mostly events and shows and books and how to say things in the coolest way possible. If anybody yells at me, I brush it off, and if anybody gets physical when I don’t want them to, I punch them back really hard and if I can’t, I just go back to reading.
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Having Clint Smith on and people like him is the difference between Stephen Colbert and other late night hosts. He moves the needle like few have ever. Thank you Stephen.
Love that The Late Show does more than interview actors about their new movies.
"Poetry is the act of paying attention" He said it all🥰❤️😎
He's given me a new way to hear poetry - I'm stunned, it's wonderful.
Such a simple and obvious thing but those words have never been put together before
That statement also applies to other things. I worked in botany for a while, and sometimes someone would ask me to identify a plant for them (without showing me the plant). So I would have to ask them something like "What do the leaves look like?" At least a few times, the answer would be "Green." Needless to say, that alone would not help me identify identify a plant. 😂😂😅
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I groaned. Ugh. Poetry. But I stayed. Listened and re-listened to this interview. Thank u Stephen. It was so beautiful and perfect for me.
"Whose branches bent like sorrow." I wept.
And that, unknown commentator, is what truth and beauty do to you when combined with skill. Glad for your moment.
This comment is a poem.
Poetry is paying attention. . .and that, you certainly did.
Please, more guests like this man 🙏
Yes!!
Mike, I totally agree with you. Very refreshing, late night programming!👍🏾🌻🕊
How the Word is Passed is an awesome book, I have it in audio. I learned a LOT, plus had to accept my family stories were mostly fiction and the mythology needed to be ascended by the other people involved at the time. Yes, buy this book. *edit added - That poem is the human experience. I'll be adding the poetry book to my real book collection. Thank you, Clint.
Thank you so much for introducing us to this wonderful poet. Couldn't be better timed: this April is the twentieth anniversary of National Poetry Writing Month, and poets everywhere are gearing up to celebrate, as we do every year, by writing a poem each day.
Can we have one night a week here where it's all poetry? America needs more poetry. A good antidote to the headlines.
Such a night, such a regular date with beauty, might change the world.
Thank you for having Clint as a guest. He is one of my favorite authors. I have learned so much from his books.
Hearing this man speak is like therapy for me.
My grade 5 teacher once gave me really heartfelt feedback that have always been fallback words of encouragement whenever I feel down and 28 years later we now work side by side teaching at the same school. Being able to share the impact his words still have was such a special moment for me. Maybe for him too, I hope. And my own teaching is fundamentally guided by this knowledge and experience.
Love to listen to people talk about poetry.
I loved this guy on Crash Course
Watched this with headphones on while holding my sleeping, perfect, night-terror having toddler at 1:30 in the morning. Feel so connected to it all and yet so all alone. Tears streaming down my face. Glad to exist on this beautiful terrible planet.
This man is pure gold❤
Glad to see stuff like this on Colbert, wish there was even more things supporting the arts like this.
Oh man, as a fellow, published writer, this brought tears to my eyes! What a gorgeous poem! Gotta go and find him in the library now. Gorgeous writing.
This guy hosts black history on the yt channel crash course and does a phenomenal job.
Beat me to it.. Definitely a great series
He does a great job, and his voice is amazing. He is a fantastic story teller.
Thanks for the tip. I will look for it.
Oh, Lordy, Stephen. Another great guest. Attention is appreciation. Your show is food for emotions and food for the mind. Thanks again.
Lol seeing him here feels like running into your teacher at a restaurant and realizing they have a life outside the classroom. Now I have to check out his poetry
I nearly cried listening to the poem at the end, and at the story about the encouragement from his teacher. We teachers need to do more of this. We never know when a positive word will change the course of a student's life.
Thanks for having a poet on. I appreciate it.
What a lovely way to balance what spews forth with today's news
joy and despair. Colbert's show is poetry in motion
Truly!
That's one hell of a pitch for this book! I've never read poetry for fun - but now I wanna read his. 😄
I have goose bumps on my goose bumps listening to that poem. Amazing. Thank you.
Excellent example of what a teacher’s few words of encouragement can mean in their lifetime. Now I want to read Clint Smith’s book if poetry.
Very wise man, Clint Smith. Thank you for having this writer and poet on the show. Very profound. I'll look for his writing now.
"Attention is the beginning of devotion." - Mary Oliver, American Poet
Thanks for this reminder of a great poet!🙏🏽🌻💕
Having fallen in love under an oak tree whose branches bend like sorrow, in New Orleans, the tears that spring after the second line about a flood submerging a quiet 300-year-old neighborhood, are pouring like a Delta summer rain. Amazing what Smith can do with such simple imagery. That boy in '86? My pole star to this day.
My Mother taught Me to Love,Live,& Laugh...,that's what I want to give back to The World!❤
And his said teacher rocked up to his New Orleans signing! Coming here from his April 6th social media update!
Wow. I wasn't expecting to be hit by a wave emotion like that. Thank you Stephen and thank you Clint. My spirit really needed that release just now and I feel somewhat more calm and relaxed. Please have him on again and invite more guests like him. ❤️
What a beautiful, heartbreaking poem. I love how concise poetry can sometimes be. Thank you.
I absolutely adore Clint and his work. For anyone who enjoys his poetry, his previous poetry collection, Counting Descent, is also fantastic.
Your words made me weep...all the joy and disparate actions we humans experience. The spoken word is under-rated. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.
Beautiful.
I had never heard of Mr Smith's work and hearing his words, I am blown away! Beautiful and brilliant. I have the need to go to my favourite local bookstore to get Above Ground!
So beautiful to see a poem read on late night. And what a moving poem it was.
If you don’t become a comedian .. you inevitably become a poet .. I like his style and he seems a lovely soul 💚
Absolutely delightful. Wonderful. Thank you. Best wishes, health, joy, well-being… 🤸🏾♂️ 🥂 🖖🏼
I am so very thankful for Clint Smith and his work. What an outstanding human being. Thank you for having him on the show.
Beautiful ❤
Wow! What a beautiful poem. Speaks to the human experience. It all happens ALL AT ONCE. Thanks for sharing your gift with us Clint!
This was an amazing interview of an amazing man... Very moving.
beautiful!
I’ve never been “into” poetry, but listening to Mr. Clint and in this interview really touched me and helped me understand what it is about poetry that is special. Mr. clint is very deep and thoughtful and explains the human condition very well. I am definitely going to explore his work! Thank you for this very special and different/ educational interview Mr. Colbert! More like this please! I love your show!👍🥇
Beautiful. I need more of this in my life!
A wonderful writer and person.
What an excellent description of the power of great poetry, and the poem was wonderful, too.
So deeply touched by his poem, I'm in tears
I think to be a really good poet you have to love words and the sound of them together. Poetry is a lot like a jigsaw puzzle my family used to have in the 70's. The image was a Jackson Pollack painting. I think it was at least 500 pieces. Almost impossible to put together. But placing all the words together in a poem to convey your thoughts is a lot like that puzzle. Complex. Not easy to understand even when all together.
Wow, wow, wow!!!!! Speechless. ❤
Clint is 'Spot-On' about both "love being Shared", and... 'You Never Know", what You might stay in a Child's Mind, that you Did or Said!!
Clint seems like a nice, thoughtful guy
Imagine Clint writing a song for Jon Baptiste to play 💕
Deep. Right to the heart. ❤
Thank you for interviewing a poet! Such an awesome move!
Love him. Ever since “The Danger of Silence”. Thank you for showcasing him and his brilliant mind. Can’t wait to get this book!
Clint Smith is great!
Wow. . .best interview in a long time. . .
the goat
Oh my gosh, that poem hit me hard.
What a lovely interview!
I first saw Clint Smith on "Crash Course" and have admired him since then. Glad to see him here on the show.
Love this interview
Poem reminded me of the lyrics to "Funny the way it is" by DMB.
"The Act of Paying Attention.."
I LOVE That..
... and THAT... if one is willing and open to doing so and participating.. ..Is What Helps One Realize and Recognize those Stories.. ...that are - Poetic.. 🎨
In Poetry, In Feature, In Cinema, In Dance, In Nature, In Communication... ☯️ ..
(Same Goes for [Further] Explaining, Justifying, and Substantiating ones Assertions too; I might add..)
What A BEAUTIFUL Sit Down Here.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎨👏🤝
Inspiring!
I wrote another poem in highschool. . I returned 16 years later and my teacher gave it to me. It was discovered from being in a file. He said I couldn't find this paper to throw it out. Lol True story
My introduction to Clint Smith was a TH-cam Crash Course on Black American History. Amazing to hear him talk about poetry in this way
That part about how we teachers never know what comment we make will stick with a child makes me so terrified. It means everything I say in the classroom is potentially affecting every kid in that room. Good lord.
Clint Smith is one to remember!
Counting Descent is amazing! Read and listened to him read it, and it’s goosebumps all the way through.
Can’t wait to get into this new collection!
I've written 200 pages of poetry over 20 very difficult years. The ones I share, people say are beautiful.
But I'm here to tell you, if events in your life won't relent long enough for you to get forward momentum _and_ catch you breath, even the power of poetry will fail you.
Kudos to Stephen for having a guest so much more interesting than the usual Hollywood poseur. That poem was beautiful.
Clint Smith is correct in that's true yu just never know what stays with a child. I know what stayed with me though.
Wow just wow
That was really good - good comments and a great poem
as a teacher, I love that story
He was my school teacher !
Nice
Ordered it. Great show!
I watched Crash Course Black history that was narrated by Clint Smith. Check it out.
Crash Course History!!!! we up!!!
Maybe Clint could have been less elaborative on his answers but overall great feel and tasteful posture. I like t g at Stephen actually read a piece fr9m his work. Of course, it is a great book and a walk in a sensitive fragile intricate and necessary virtuous slice of reality.
My teacher told me I'd be the best burger flipper in the whole city. I never even got promoted from the fryer.
Did you like your own comment? Man that’s pathetic asf
I wish that was longer. I'm willing to bet that Colbert wanted it to last longer too.
I wrote my first poem in school and my teacher wrote on my paperwork... this is an exercise in handwriting lol
If you've never actually watched a caterpillar eating, it's glorious, they eat tiny but visible bites, it's the most adorable thing that isn't having butterflies land on your finger on their own. Also fun is hassling a swallow-tail caterpillar, they are very brightly stripped fellows, and when you agitate them they rear up and stick out a pair of orange 'antlers' that are covered in nasty tasting chemicals they make from their diet of carrot relatives, it's so alpha to just rear up and taste bad in people's face!
Scientists knew my adaptive responses would unfold in that manner.
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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If only one of Former Guy's teachers told him he would be a poet some day.
Although. I shudder to think of what his odes to hamberders would sound like.
How I’m not really happy with how they messed up my life/image and especially from the Kennedy perspective. Something I can align myself with.
Something not so steeped in propaganda at that time. Not the ppl the Bullshit that goes along with that. Whatever waste btwn me and them. Not great.
"A forest of seeds are (sic) planted..."?
my sophmore advanced american lit teacher sent this video to me
This is why Steve is the best Talk Show host. Neither Carson, Letterman, or Leno would have had this guy on.
interview epstien next
Really don’t care if Aaron or anyone made mistakes. I don’t think they were mistakes and even if they were, I don’t care. I truly don’t give a fuck. I just read and think about random things, mostly events and shows and books and how to say things in the coolest way possible. If anybody yells at me, I brush it off, and if anybody gets physical when I don’t want them to, I punch them back really hard and if I can’t, I just go back to reading.
If you've seen the movie Amelie, that's how it begins. Many things happening at the same time......
Behavior matters too.
Hazelnuts hire her.