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TED Talks: Natalie Merchant sings old poems to life
Pablo Neruda - Poema 20
Poems as short films: One of 21 video poems in Four Seasons Productions newly released Moving Poetry Series - Three innovative new films - RANT * RAVE * RIFF. Poema 20 was written in 1924 by Pablo Neruda. The poem is recited in its native Spanish by Carlos Alfaro and includes English subtitles translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin.
[Four Seasons Productions on YouTube, via OpenCulture]
Storm, Animated
Animated movie of Tim Minchin’s 9-minute beat poem Storm. Directed and animated by DC Turner.
(di ko alam kung ano ang nasa iyong nagtitikom
nagbubukas; may kung anung sa loob lang natatantong
ang tinig ng iyong mga mata’y mas malalim sa bulaklak)
at sinuman, kahit ulan, walang ganyang munting kamay.
nagbubukas; may kung anung sa loob lang natatantong
ang tinig ng iyong mga mata’y mas malalim sa bulaklak)
at sinuman, kahit ulan, walang ganyang munting kamay.
e.e. cummings, may kung saang hindi ko nalakbay [somewhere i have never travelled]
on a rainy Saturday night in Manila.
The book has an epigraph from Webster’s Dictionary: definitions of the verb “to serve.” It’s an interesting range of meanings, from the idea of obedient servitude to the authoritative (from law, the military, a prison sentence), to the meeting of another’s needs, to being of use. The title poem begins with an erotic moment registered in a world of torture and violence. It turns, midway, from the sensual and “poetic” to an official grammar, parsing violent policies as you might diagram a sentence in a classroom.
![Visual Poetry - Minimal view
[via loving winter]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9n094ommI1qctkspo1_500.jpg)
Visual Poetry - Minimal view
[via loving winter]
