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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I'm an Expert Haggler at Garage Sales
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This short film is based on Jory John's humor piece "I'm an Expert Haggler at Garage Sales" published in McSweeney's Internet Tendency in 2015. Directed by David Jude Harris, the film stars Matt Ingebretson and Diane Sellers.
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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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Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven
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In this interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven," the film is set in December 1959 where a young writer has locked himself in a hotel room and an 8mm projector screens images of his lost love Lenore. Directed by Don Thiel and Chris Saphire, the film won Best Short at the 2011 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, judged by Guillermo del Toro.
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Riding the Highline
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"The Lord gives us trains and we waste those distances / transporting coal," writes Anders Carlson-Wee in his poem "Riding the Owl's Eye." This short film about a train-hopping journey he took with his brother and fellow poet Kai Carlson-Wee will be featured at the 2015 Napa Valley Film Festival in November.
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Mind Your Head
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"I meet another Henry. And he's nothing like me. Why are we both called Henry when there's no commonality?" This short film, produced by Naresh Ramchandani and directed by Chris Dada, features seven poems by Henry Ponder, a British poet who tweets daily poems.
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Short Films by Fanny Howe
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Fanny Howe introduces three short films she made in collaboration with Sheila Gallagher, John Gianvito, and Maceo Senna at a film screening at the Woodberry Poetry Room. Howe has been named a finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize.
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Consider the Space
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"Consider the white space / between words on a page, not just / the margins around them." This short film by directors Aaron Kotz and Frida Regaza, narrated by Scott Gentle, features Linda Pastan's poem "Consider the Space Between Stars." Pastan's poetry collection Insomnia is forthcoming in October from Norton.
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Ninety-Nine Names for Small Dogs
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This short film from the Poetry School in England features Tom Jenks's poem "Ninety-Nine Names for Small Dogs." The poem is from Jenks's poetry collection A Priori (If P Then Q, 2008).
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