Poetry in Motion (1982)

More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are energetic performers, and their poems are meant to be heard. These poets are the children of Walt Whitman and of Charles Olson, incantatory and oratorical, radical,...

Ron Mann

Director

Colin Brunton

Actor

Tom Waits

as Self

Charles Bukowski

as Self

Amiri Baraka

as Self

William S. Burroughs

as Self

John Cage

as Self

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