Living Poetry 1: A Year in the Life of a Poem
Blue Ribbon Winner
-AF&V Festival
A classic program that features the late, renowned poet
Theodore Weiss
, who concentrates on the year-long making of a poem, while reflecting on poetry of
William Blake
and
W.B. Yeats
, helping viewers understand the creative process involved in writing poetry, from idea to realization, and the importance of tenacity and revision. After twenty-two revisions the former Princeton University professor reads the "final" version at New York's Cooper Union. Produced by Edwards Films, Inc. 07DR/CL JSCA 30 min.
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