when the center invited [Billy] Collins to meet the now-4-year-old boy and his parents, Christopher and Della Chelpka. Would the boy be shy? Not a chance. Within five minutes of meeting his hero--how many 4-year-olds have poets as heroes?--Samuel [Chelpka] was reciting another Collins poem."I know 'The Country,' " he told Collins.
from NPR: Love Of Words Brings Child, Poet Together
then NPR: Three-Year-Old Boy Recites "Litany," A Poem By Billy Collins, From Memory
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