Once by Meghan O’Rourke
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“A girl ate ices / in the red summer.” In this Motionpoems film, the title poem from Meghan O’Rourke’s second collection, Once (Norton, 2011), is interpreted by filmmakers Angela & Ithyle.
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Creased Map of the Underworld
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"Nothing is so beautiful as a poem / except maybe a nightingale, / thinks the poet writing about death..." A poem from Kim Addonizio's collection My Black Angel: Blues Poems and Portraits (Stephen F. Austin University Press, 2014) is brought to life in this Motionpoems film by Thomas Bryan Michurski.
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Cigar Box Banjo
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"Blind Willie Johnson could coax / music from a single string. God plucked a rib / and found a woman." Kim Addonizio's poem "Cigar Box Banjo" is adapted by Danny Madden for this installment from Motionpoems.
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A Day at the Mall Reminds Me of America
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This recent installment from Motionpoems by film director Ayse Altinok features a poem from Sarah Blake’s debut collection, Mr. West (Wesleyan, 2015), an unauthorized lyric biography of Kanye West.
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Constellations
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Todd Boss reads "Constellations," a poem animated by filmmaker Angella Kassube. The team cofounded the poetry and film collaborative Motionpoems in 2008. An article on Motionpoems by Christie Taylor was featured in the January/February 2014 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Bob Hicok
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"Dead things here / get a fan club / of vultures." Poet Bob Hicok and filmmaker Keri Moller circle back to the living in this installment from Motionpoems.
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Either Or
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"Later we are promised snow. / So much for death today and long ago." Adam Tow adapted this poem by the late Maxine Kumin for Motionpoems.
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The Watcher of Vowels
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"How lovely it is to write with all these vowels." The latest short film from Motionpoems features Robert Bly's poem "The Watcher of Vowels," with design and animation by Matt Van Ekeren.
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Discharged Into Clouds
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“All night a woman down the hall screamed how a wound wanted its knife back.” This Motionpoem video offers a dark and existential interpretation of Dean Young’s poem “Discharged Into Clouds.”
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Snow
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“Snow that covers us from above, cover us more deeply.” In this Motionpoems, James Longenbach narrates his nostalgic poem "Snow,” which is brought to life visually through welcoming images and soft watercolors. Created by video artist Deb Kirkeeide.
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