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To be of use | Poem by Marge Piercy | Film by Tamika Miller
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On Lockdown | Poem by Todd Boss | Film by Calum Macdiarmid
MOTIONPOEMS UK
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The Monument | Poem by Hieu Minh Nguyen | Film by Ryan Stopera
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The Opened Field | Poem by Dom Bury | Film by Helmie Stil | Poem by Dom Bury | Video by Helmie Stil
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Do not indulge indigo | Poem by Katie Griffith | Film by James W. Norton
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Polite Safety Notice | Poem by Mark Fiddes | Film by Aindri C
HOTHOUSE 2019
SEASON 9
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A Household God | Poem by C. Russell Price | Film by Sean Donnelly
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The Opened Field | Poem by Dom Bury | Film by Helmie Stil
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Upon reading that Andromeda will one day devour Triangulum and come for us next | Poem by Brian Spears | Video by Ged Murray
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Say Grace | Poem by Emily Jungmin Yoon | Video by Richelle Chen
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Fable | Film by Zanete Skarule | Poetry by Jackson Hobert
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South County | Poem by Meghann Plunkett | Film by Kenneth Kegley
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Where the Wild Things Go | Poem by D. Gilson | Film by Fergal Costello
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Breanna | Poem by Lyrik Courtney | Film by Najeeb Tarazi
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My English Victorian Dating Troubles | Poem by Analicia Sotelo | Video by Maeyen Bassey
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The Transformation | Poem by Emily Jungmin Yoon | Film by Malin Sandberg
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The Ayes Have It | Poem by Tiana Clark | Film by Savanah Leaf
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Every Day | Poem by Robin Coste Lewis | Film by Ryan Simon
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American Arithmetic | Poem by Natalie Diaz | Film by Mohammed Hammad
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Cell Watch_Strip Cell | Poem by Susannah Nevison | Film by Jane Morledge
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War Poem | Poem by Nomi Stone | Film by Ty Richardson
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Cranes, Mafiosos and a Polaroid Camera | Poem by Natalie Diaz | Film by Tash Tung
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Song of the Mutant Super Boars | Poem by Lee Ann Roripaugh | Film by Monty Marsh
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Boy Saint | Poem by Peter LaBerge | Film by Tom Speers
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Good Bones | Poem by Maggie Smith | Film by Anais La Rocca
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I Come from the Fire City | Poem by Eve L. Ewing | Film by Daniel Daly
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Small Shoes | Poem by Maggie Smith | Film by Kate Dolan
SEASON 8: DEAR MR. PRESIDENT
SPOKEN WORD
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How to Make the Girl and How to Make The Maker | Poem by Dessa Wander | Film by Ann Prim
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Pocket-Sized Feminism | Poem by Blythe Baird | Film by Valerie Schenkman
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How To Love Your Introvert | Poem by Kevin Yang | Film by Vokee Lee
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The Other's World | Poem by J Otis Powell | Film by Zachary Thomas Cedarholm
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Meditations on My Mother | Poem by Ancestor Energy (Louis Alemayehu) | Film by Brian Few Jr.
SEASON 7
PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAVE CANEM: A HOME FOR BLACK POETRY,
THIS SEASON FEATURES BLACK POETS.
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How Do You Raise A Black Child? | Poem by Cortney Lamar Charleston | Film by Seyi Peter Thomas of Station Film
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Things I Carry Into the World | Poem by Cynthia Manick | Film by Pat Heywood & Jamil McGinnis
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The Robots Are Coming | Poem by Kyle G. Dargan | Film by Julia Iverson
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From 35,000 Feet / Praise Aviophobia | Poem by Geffrey Davis | Film by Chad Howitt
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The Tao of the Black Plastic Comb | Poem by Glenis Redmond | Film by Irving Hillman
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Tryouts | Poem by Gary Jackson | Film by Victor Newman
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application for the position of abdelhalim hafez's girl | Poem by Safia Elhillo | Film by Donna Lamar
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The Blue Black Wet of Wood | Poem by Carmen Gillespie | Film by Malik Vitthal
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A Sonnet after Chopin's Requiem | Poem by Monique Adelle | Film by Timber
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Asterism | Poem by Keith Wilson | Film by Cris Thorne
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The Behest of a Fading Diva | Poem by Qiana Towns | Film by Casey Stein
SPECIAL PROJECTS
FILMS THAT DEFY CATEGORIZATION
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Steel & Air | Poem by John Ashbery | Film by Chris & Nick Libbey
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The Pocketeer | Poem by Todd Boss | Film by Jimmy Gildea & Elizabeth Turner
MOTIONPOEMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POETRY FOUNDATION,
THIS SEASON FEATURES POETRY FOR CHILDREN and YOUNG ADULTS.
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Choices | Poem by Tess Gallagher | Film by USC
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Famous | Poem by Naomi Shihab Nye | Film by Anthony Frattolillo
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I Am Offering This Poem | Poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca | Film by Frost
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Monsters | Poem by Dorothea Lasky | Film by Method
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Poorly Dressed | Poem by Bruce Lansky | Film by USC
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There Are Birds Here | Poem by Jamaal May | Film by USC
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To Catch a Fish | Poem by Eloise Greenwood | Film by The Wilderness
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Wayne the Stegosaurus | Poem by Kenn Nesbitt | Film by Aran Quinn & Jeffrey Dates (The Mill)
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Weighing In | Poem by Rhina P. Espaillat | Film by MPC
SEASON 6
PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VIDA: WOMEN IN LITERARY ARTS,
THIS SEASON FEATURES A LINEUP OF ALL-FEMALE POETS.
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A Day at the Mall Reminds Me of America | Poem by Sarah Blake | Film by Ayse Altinok
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How Not to Need Resurrection | Poem by Michalle Gould | Film by Diego V. Lozano & Statten Roeg
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The Mother Warns of the Tornado | Poem by Catherine Pierce | Film by Isaac Ravishanara
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Once | Poem by Meghan O'Rourke | Film by Angela & Ithyle
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Crows, Reckoning | Poem by Jessica Goodfellow | Film by Commandr
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Undersong | Poem by Stacey Lynn Brown | Film by Matt Smithson
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Creased Map of the Underworld | Poem by Kim Addonizio | Film by Thomas Bryan Michurski
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Falling Lessons: Erasure One | Poem by Beth Copeland | Film by Anh Vu
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Triolet for Laika, First Dog in Space | Poem by Ann Eichler Kolakowski | Film by Emory Allen
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Cigar Box Banjo | Poem by Kim Addonizio | Film by Danny Madden
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I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast | Poem by Melissa Studdard | Film by Dan Sickles
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I'm Over the Moon | Poem by Brenda Shaughnessy | Film by Jessica Hundley
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At Thirty | Poem by Paula Bohince | Film by Thibault Debaveye
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The Long Deployment | Poem by Jehanne Dubrow | Film by Nicole McDonald
SEASON 5
CO-PRODUCED WITH BEST AMERICAN POETRY
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Postcard to My Third Crush Today | Poem by Sean Hill | Film by Sam Hoolihan
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Jung / Malena / Darwin | Poem by Albert Goldbarth | Film by Chris Jopp
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Talking Points (Eggheads) | Poem by John Koethe | Film by Rob Perez
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All American | Poem by David Hernandez | Film by Richard Johnson
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Albert Einstein | Poem by Matthew Zapruder | Film by John Akre
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When the Men Go Off to War | Poem by Victoria Kelly | Film by Noah Dorsey
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Western Civilization | Poem by Peter Jay Shippy | Film by Alicia Reece
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The Ring-Toss Lady Breaks a Five | Poem by Mark Kraushaar | Film by Stefan Lessard & Fred Schroeder
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Working Order | Poem by Dora Malech | Film by William Campbell & Will Johnson
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Antique Sound | Poem by W.S. Merwin | Film by Evan Holm
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Stupid Sandwich | Poem by Nathan Anderson | Film by Carolyn Figel & Andrew Montague
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The Imagined | Poem by Stephen Dunn | Film by Matt Craig
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This Is Not a Fairytale | Poem by Laura Kasischke | Film by Laurent Barthelemy & Shizuka Kusayanagi
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Wayne the Stegosaurus | Poem by Kenn Nesbitt | Film by Aran Quinn & Jeffrey Dates
SEASON 4
CO-PRODUCED WITH BEST AMERICAN POETRY, COPPER CANYON PRESS,
GRAYWOLF PRESS, AND MILKWEED EDITIONS.