Poets on Film No. 2

- Joyce Borenstein, , Sheldon Cohen, , Janet Perlman, & Veronika Soul,
- 1977,
- 7 min 55 s

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This short film brings together animated interpretations of 4 poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: “From the Hazel Bough” by Earle Birney, “Travellers Palm” by P.K. Page, “Death by Streetcar” by Raymond Souster, and “A Said Poem” by John Robert Colombo.

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