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Poetry in Motion
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are the children of Walt Whitman and of Charles Olson, incantatory and oratorical, radical, sometimes incorporating contemporary political imagery. Black Mountain poets, the Beats, minimalists like John Cage, the wordless Four Horsemen, Tom Waits, and others capture aspects of poets as troubadours.
Cast
Cast

Charles Bukowski
Self

William S. Burroughs
Self

John Cage
Self

Jim Carroll
Self
Robert Creeley
Self

Allen Ginsberg
Self

Tom Waits
Self

Gary Snyder
Self
Ted Berrigan
Self
Ed Sanders
Self
Diane Di Prima
Self

Amiri Baraka
Self

Anne Waldman
Self
Kenward Elmslie
Self
Christopher Dewdney
Self
Michael McClure
Self
Ted Milton
Self

Michael Ondaatje
Self

John Giorno
Self

Ntozake Shange
Self
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