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Poem Beginning with a Line by Frank Lima

Animated poem read by the poet. 2:03

By Lisa Jarnot

Poetry Everywhere

A series of short poetry films featuring poets reading their own work, animated interpretations of much-loved poems, and celebrities reading personal favorites, produced by WGBH and David Grubin Productions, filmmaker Leita Luchetti, and student filmmakers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's docUWM media center.

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