Colbert & Poetry

They usually cut these from the broadcast and only post it online because they know most people are not fans of poetry reciting, but I love these.

[@peterstedman6140]

Mr. Colbert gives me hope that nerds have a place in society beyond caricatures of social awkwardness and disconnection with the real world.

[@kp05.27]

I thought Jon Stewart was bullshitting when he said Stephen had a photographic memory. Now I'm beginning to believe that.

[@jackiechun99]

0:00 When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes -Shakespeare
1:29 Celia, Celia- Adrian Mitchell
1:52 Mr Youse needn't be so spry- E.E Cummings
2:16 O slender as a willow-wand - J.R.R Tolkien
2:41 The King's Breakfast -A.A Milne
5:06 Ulysses- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
7:04 This is England in the spring of forty-four and warriors gaze eastward as warriors have before.
- Andrew Edward Tuck III- S.Colbert's uncle (mom's brother)

[@jackiechun99]

ruclips.net/video/JnGaPh5GYOQ/видео.html [Stephen Pays Tribute To D-Day On Its 75th Anniversary
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[@infranmation9631]

Love me some colbert compilations! ❤️

[@nabanitabanerjee9385]

Damn!!Stephen has phenomenal memory

[@music_for_soul_]

Waiting for the tym when poetry will become mainstream again 💛...

[@GreenRazzles]

This gives me life 🥰

[@mebbin]

This was fantastic. Thank you

[@WeFilmInColour]

As someone who writes obsessively. I can’t imagine anything cooler than Stephen memorizing my poem.

[@MsDeniseBennett]

Thank you 🥰

[@Crimsonphilosophy]

Thanks for this