More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are the children of Walt Whitman and of Charles Olson, incantatory and oratorical, radical, sometimes incorporating contemporary political imagery. Black Mountain poets, the Beats, minimalists like John Cage, the wordless Four Horsemen, Tom Waits, and others capture aspects of poets as troubadours.
Cast
Charles Bukowski
Self
William S. Burroughs
Self
John Cage
Self
Jim Carroll
Self
Robert Creeley
Self
Allen Ginsberg
Self
Tom Waits
Self
Gary Snyder
Self
Ted Berrigan
Self
Ed Sanders
Self
Diane Di Prima
Self
Amiri Baraka
Self
Anne Waldman
Self
Kenward Elmslie
Self
Christopher Dewdney
Self
Michael McClure
Self
Ted Milton
Self
Michael Ondaatje
Self
John Giorno
Self
Ntozake Shange
Self
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