Poets are getting more creative in how we promote ourselves. I’m glad to see it. I think this is going to be something we see more and more of in the future. Kate Greenstreet has moved us forward into the 21st century with this poetry video. I see these efforts only getting better:
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Yesterday, I posted a poem I wrote recently, a habit I don’t want to start, but I thought I’d share the video of me reading it today for the second Friday Video installment. The poem is titled “When I Come Home.” I hope you enjoy it.
I’m going to try something different. Starting today I’m going to upload a new video of me reading a poem every Friday. It won’t always be a poem I wrote. It may be a classic poem or just a poem I like. But I thought it would be a good way to preserve some of [...]
If you watched the video in the last post of Tim Burton’s Vincent and thought I’d gone loco en mi cabeza, you’re right. I mistakenly uploaded the Spanish version. Here it is in English. My apologies to both English and Spanish speakers for the confusion, but I’m sure it’s entertaining in either language.
Well, after my last post I discovered this video of the poet who explains his intentions in putting poetry into a video archive. I must say, it’s a worthy pursuit:
I’ve been browsing YouTube for poetry videos for several weeks now. I’ve even subscribed to a few channels when I’ve come across poems that I thought made good videos. But until now, I’ve never seen a poetry video that just made me jump from my seat. But this one did.
I don’t know who this poet [...]
Two days ago I wrote a blog post about the production of poetry videos using musical scores as a backdrop along with creative, interpretive images that tell a story. Just for the record, if you got the impression that I don’t like Jazz, that would be incorrect. I do like Jazz, but it’s not the [...]