Teachers: Visit the free MY HERO Lesson Plan for National Poetry Month for this film program. Includes discussion guide and learning outcomes.
Students are encouraged to submit original poetry and art, film and audio illustrating a poem to the Mattie J. T. Stepanek Poetry Contest.
Click on the image below to see the 2022 Poetry winners
Watch the 2022 Mattie Stapanek Poetic Film Festival Winners below:
Discover readings of original poetry by professional writers and students. Click on the image below:
Films | Poetry Recitals
David Milch Reads The Eulogy of Wild Bill Hickok from Deadwood at The MY HERO Project's 2015 Jazz and Poetry Salon.
New Visions Foundation founder, Paul Cummins, reads Robert Frost at the MY HERO poetry and jazz SALON 4/18/13.
Olivia Milch Reads Wild Geese by Mary Oliver at The MY HERO Project's 2015 Jazz and Poetry Salon.
Short Film Program | Poetic Cinema
The following films celebrate poetic cinema. Films and poetry have a connection because of their use of images, sound, and time.
As you watch these films, consider the techniques used by filmmakers to bring out these elements in poetry.
Taft High School student, Matthew Marroquin, takes on the task of illustrating this poem by Robert Frost.
Watch this interview with Imtiaz Dharker, a Pakistan-born British poet who won the Queen's Gold Medal.
Learn about National Poetry Month with Hero Essays
Mattie Stepanek: For Our World Mattie's poems of peace and hope have touched millions of lives.
Langston Hughes was a one of the greatest poets of the Harlem Renaissance.
Matsuo Bashō, from the Edo period in Japan, is known as the greatest master of Haiku.
Sor Juana is a famous Mexican writer, poet, nun, and influential women's right leader from the late 17th century.
"A poem...begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to find fulfillment. A complete poem is one where an emotion finds the thought and the thought finds the words."
- Lucille Clifton
AUDIO
Read by Olivia Milch
Listen to "Trumpet Player," by Langston Hughes, an exploration of African American identity through the character of a jazz trumpeter.
MY HERO Art of Healing Celebration
April is Jazz and Poetry appreciation month. Join MY HERO in a global celebration of the art of healing using art, film, music, and poetry. You are invited to submit your projects to share with the MY HERO global community.
How to use MY HERO's Create Program to Publish Poetry, Stories, Art, Film, and Audio
How to use MY HERO's Create Program to Publish Stories, Art, Film and Audio for Students
Tutorial for students: Publish written stories, film, original artwork and audio in MY HERO's multimedia library.
Related Pages
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Short films curated by MY HERO International Film Festival director Wendy Milette. |
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Hero Stories curated by MY HERO Story Directors Deborah Neff and Abigail Richardson. |
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Audio curated by MY HERO Audio director Stu Pearlman. |
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