Thursday, July 16, 2020

IMAGINE by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Maureen (Moe) McKeon-Phillips and her talented team have created another beautiful film of a poem-- this time for the poem, "Imagine" by Rebecca Kai Dotlich. Rebecca is the author of many award-winning titles including poetry collections such as Lemonade Sun, In the Spin of Things, and Grumbles From The Forest: Fairy Tale Voices with a Twist (co-authored with Jane Yolen, as well as picture books such as What Can A Crane Pick Up? which received a *starred* review from Publishers Weekly, What is Science? (an AAAS Subaru SB&F prize finalist), and Bella and Bean (an SCBWI Golden Kite Honor), among many others. She gives poetry workshops, visits classrooms across the country, and speaks at conferences, retreats, libraries and schools to teachers, aspiring writers and students of all ages. Her work has been featured on Reading Rainbow and the PBS children’s show Between the Lions.

Savor this gorgeous, evocative interpretation of her poem here, then join the rest of the Poetry Friday crew over at Bookseedstudio.





6 comments:

Jone said...

This is beautiful and much needed in the world today.

jan godown annino said...

Made me tear up, thank you, Sylvia.
It's exquisite.

Bridget Magee said...

Poignant film of a resonant poem. Thanks for highlighting RKD's work and words. :)

Linda said...

The words and the video are lovely. I've watched it several times, and I'm sure I'll watch it several more. Thank you for sharing it today. xo

michelle kogan said...

Thanks for sharing Rebecca Kai Dotlich's poem-made into video, timely and nurturing. I loved the images too!

Charles Waters said...

Stunning.