Watch Poetry in Motion (1982) Online

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. Read More

Watch Poetry in Motion online. Featuring Charles Bukowski and William S. Burroughs, Poetry in Motion is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7. It is available for streaming online in the UK on 2 services such as Apple TV and Amazon Video. The movie was filmed in Canada and was released on 1982. Poetry in Motion was directed by Michael Ondaatje,Ron Mann. Read Less