Six Video Poems

The ideal video poem gives the reader, now a viewer, a new experience of poetry through sonic and visual layering. The effect is not unlike that of a music video—and given how the invention of that medium, with its unique point of access and presentation, brought a new audience to music, the video poem may be ushering a whole new demographic to poetry. Here are six video poems that have been made available to a wide audience on YouTube.

"Reticent Sonnet" by Anne Carson

"Sonnet of Addressing Oscar Wilde" by Anne Carson

"Pleasurable Complexity" by Thylias Moss

"Verde: the greening of electrons" by Thylias Moss

"My Entrepreneurial Spirit" by Aaron Fagan

"Naked Leaf Dissolve" by Aaron Fagan

kevdublin says...
I agree, I think video poetry will bring new audiences to poetry. I try to approach video poems from a short film perspective. I've directed 3 different types of video poems and working on a 4th with another filmmaker, hopefully when this year is done I'll have enough of them done and will have learned enough to make one to submit to film festivals. I plan to host a video poetry film festival in Wilmington, NC in the next few years. I just would like to make other contacts first. If you would be interested, contact me via http://www.youtube.com/portcitypoetry#p/u or my website www.kevindublin.com

dessinger says...
We have posted a videopoem series here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2102280D8AF90DCE. Main Street Rag press will release the series on DVD this fall, packaged with Cathryn Essinger's book of poems "What I Know about Innocence." I'd love to hear comments or discuss technical questions at dbessinger@gmail.com.

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