Poem Movies

As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a...

A woman rocks a cradle; a man comes to land from the sea, but leaves to view it from a distance.

The boy runs after the ball. The worker builds concrete dreams between buildings and soccer balls in a lowland field in Recife. The poet receives a...

A live-action visualization of the poem, blended with animation.

Sylvia Plath Read 18 Poems From Her Final Collection, Ariel, in a 1962 Recording

This animated short is a visual representation of Goethe's poem, The ErlKing that uses sand-on-glass animation set to the music of Franz Schubert....

The experiences of five free-spirited individuals trying to break free from societal norms. Each narrative discusses creativity, mental health, labor...

On the beach at sunset a man waits for his one true love. When she arrives, a bittersweet romance ensues.

A haiku film poem. the early morning waiting for the monks. the voices. the fire. the wat drum.

Another entry in the Edgar A. Guest's Poetic Gems Series.

A storm is on the horizon. When a jet-black cloud engulfs a small village, the residents discover that it could put an end to more than just blue...

From the music of Uruguayan composer Florencia Di Concilio, English filmmaker Terence Davies does a cinematic reading of his own poem about his late...

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. It features the original song Take Me Home to the Mountain by Loesser & Herscher.

Approaching the microphone in a small room, a young woman prepares to make the speech of her life. Desperate to find her voice in the wake of an...

Arthur Johns' 10-minute experimental film is a personal essay on colour effects, set to a hypnotic soundtrack by Robert Wyatt. Although his initial...

1819. A shipwreck-survivor, the Navigator, encounters an Old Knight who recounts his tale: Long ago, the Knight fell in love with a mysterious...

An audiovisual poem about a poltergeist relationship.

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocalist Al Shayne. This film features the original song Back Seat Drivers by Loesser & Herscher.