Poem Movies

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

The ten anthologies and eight long poems of the Sangam age are the oldest and most distinguished body of secular poetry extant in India, of which...

A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocals by Al Shayne.

Dajung, beloved by teachers and classmates, hides her dream to become an author. One day, Dajung meets a new girl – Seojung, who has won an...

Hand-processed, in-camera edited 16 mm footage of a desolated Italian beach meets four poems by Jeannette Hunziker, evoking loss, memory, and the...

A modern reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven."

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

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

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

We all carry our leaves, some of winter, some of spring and summer. But all leaves grow, breathe and wither with time; and so do we.

An exploration of the complex, deepening relationship between humans and their surroundings as civilizations succumb to the relentless natural world.

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

A haiku about a window and a woman.