Poem Movies

  • 2021
    Something Is Near

    Something Is Near

    Something Is Near

    02021HD

    A young girl explores her relationship with fear through poetry.

    Something Is Near
  • 1935
    Couldn't Live Without You

    Couldn't Live Without You

    Couldn't Live Without You

    01935HD

    An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. Al Shayne sings the Loesser & Hersher song Don't Grow Any Older.

    Couldn't Live Without You
  • 2018
    jany robiać z hary piramidu

    jany robiać z hary piramidu

    jany robiać z hary piramidu

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    a visualization of a poem telling a story of making a piramid out of a mountain

    jany robiać z hary piramidu
  • 2022
    Liquefy

    Liquefy

    Liquefy

    102022HD

    A vertical film about self-love in the times of liquid love. A film based on a poem by Isadora Tricerri about freedom and the difficulties of being...

    Liquefy
  • 2023
    Afterimages

    Afterimages

    Afterimages

    102023HD

    A film-poem created for Counterclock Journal's 2023 Patchwork: Film x Poetry fellowship, featuring an original poem by Mackenzie Duan and animation...

    Afterimages
  • 2021
    Milch Mädchen

    Milch Mädchen

    Milch Mädchen

    92021HD

    Based on a Poem by Fabi De Luca She always thought something like this wouldn‘t happen to her. No man would disgrace himself because of her. ...

    Milch Mädchen
  • 2021
    Apartment is as Quiet as Paper

    Apartment is as Quiet as Paper

    Apartment is as Quiet as Paper

    5.52021HD

    A small film based on a poem by Osip Mandelstam. What the poet is thinking about, sitting in his apartment.

    Apartment is as Quiet as Paper
  • 2022
    Overload

    Overload

    Overload

    02022HD

    A spoken word piece about an autistic person experiencing sensory overload in a world that rejects their existence.

    Overload
  • 2021
    LIGHTS

    LIGHTS

    LIGHTS

    02021HD

    A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    LIGHTS
  • 2021
    BLIND_CITY

    BLIND_CITY

    BLIND_CITY

    02021HD

    Images complement what is always lacking in words. The poems complement what is always present in the city. Freely inspired by the poetry Cidade City...

    BLIND_CITY
  • 2023
    Passing Time

    Passing Time

    Passing Time

    62023HD

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

    Passing Time
  • 1935
    The Old Prospector Talks

    The Old Prospector Talks

    The Old Prospector Talks

    01935HD

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

    The Old Prospector Talks
  • 1935
    Early in the Mornin'

    Early in the Mornin'

    Early in the Mornin'

    01935HD

    Based on the Edgar A. Guest poem of the same name, this is photographic ode to the American South, featuring representative scenery. Mendelsohn's...

    Early in the Mornin'
  • 1941
    Tomten: A Winter Tale

    Tomten: A Winter Tale

    Tomten: A Winter Tale

    61941HD

    A story about a house elf (tomte) preparing the stable for Christmas. Inspired by the famous poem by the Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg.

    Tomten: A Winter Tale
  • 2025
    Tough Spot

    Tough Spot

    Tough Spot

    02025HD

    Based loosely on a true story. Grieving his father, Mark is determined to power on and build his future, transforming his pain into song. In Loving...

    Tough Spot
  • 1935
    Boyhood

    Boyhood

    Boyhood

    01935HD

    An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring the song Down the Lane to Yesterday with a vocal by Al Shayne.

    Boyhood
  • 2018
    Boy Saint

    Boy Saint

    Boy Saint

    6.52018HD

    A sumptuous short film of friendship and adoration between boys, based on a poem by Peter LeBerge. Moments of joy, bonding and roughhousing on a...

    Boy Saint
  • 1935
    After the Storm

    After the Storm

    After the Storm

    01935HD

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

    After the Storm
  • 2013
    Dobrisa Cesaric - Selected Poems

    Dobrisa Cesaric - Selected Poems

    Dobrisa Cesaric - Selected Poems

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    Narrated collection of the greatest Dobrisa Cesaric's poems.

    Dobrisa Cesaric - Selected Poems
  • 1962
    Sylvia Plath reading poems from Ariel

    Sylvia Plath reading poems from Ariel

    Sylvia Plath reading poems from Ariel

    01962HD

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

    Sylvia Plath reading poems from Ariel