- published: 16 Apr 2016
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A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary greatly in different cultures and time periods. Throughout each civilization and language, poets have used various styles that have changed through the course of literary history, resulting in a history of poets as diverse as the literature they have produced.
The English word "poet" is derived from the French poète, itself descended from the Latin first-declension masculine noun poeta, meaning "poet". The word "poetry" derives from the Latin feminine noun poetria, meaning not "poetry" but "poetess".
French poet Arthur Rimbaud summarized the "poet" by writing,
A poet makes himself a visionary through a long, boundless, and systematized disorganization of all the senses. All forms of love, of suffering, of madness; he searches himself, he exhausts within himself all poisons, and preserves their quintessences. Unspeakable torment, where he will need the greatest faith, a superhuman strength, where he becomes all men: the great invalid, the great criminal, the great accursed—and the Supreme Scientist! For he attains the unknown! Because he has cultivated his soul, already rich, more than anyone! He attains the unknown, and, if demented, he finally loses the understanding of his visions, he will at least have seen them! So what if he is destroyed in his ecstatic flight through things unheard of, unnameable: other horrible workers will come; they will begin at the horizons where the first one has fallen!
Actors: Daniel Schneidkraut (producer), Daniel Schneidkraut (actor), Daniel Schneidkraut (director), Daniel Schneidkraut (producer), Daniel Schneidkraut (writer), Daniel Schneidkraut (editor), Dave Matthews (actor), George Clinton (actor), Mojo Nixon (actor), Andrew Schneidkraut (writer), Andrew Schneidkraut (actor), Johnathan Sanchez (miscellaneous crew), Johnathan Sanchez (miscellaneous crew), Johnathan Sanchez (miscellaneous crew), Adàhm Fehlberg (actor),
Genres: Biography, Documentary, Family, History, Music,Actors: Daniel Schneidkraut (producer), Daniel Schneidkraut (actor), Daniel Schneidkraut (director), Daniel Schneidkraut (producer), Daniel Schneidkraut (writer), Daniel Schneidkraut (editor), Dave Matthews (actor), George Clinton (actor), Mojo Nixon (actor), Andrew Schneidkraut (writer), Andrew Schneidkraut (actor), Johnathan Sanchez (miscellaneous crew), Johnathan Sanchez (miscellaneous crew), Johnathan Sanchez (miscellaneous crew), Adàhm Fehlberg (actor),
Genres: Biography, Documentary, Family, History, Music,Actors: Reginald Moser (writer), Reginald Moser (composer), Reginald Moser (director), Reginald Moser (editor), Wardell Richardson (actor), Reginald Moser (actor), Reginald Moser (producer), Boris 'Bluz' Rogers (actor), Aundrea Klines (writer), Aundrea Klines (miscellaneous crew), Aundrea Klines (producer), Sheena Maria Simpson (actress), Brittney Q. Hill (actress), Darryn Smith (miscellaneous crew), LaRena Bush (actress),
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Keywords: african-american, african-american-familyActors: Olivier Berlemont (producer), Matthieu Warter (producer), Margot Meynier (editor), Hassiba Freiha (actress), Jamal Awar (actor), Norma Marcos (director), Joe Seklaoui (actor), Alain Saadeh (actor), Jihad Al-Atrash (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Masahiro Sugano (director), Masahiro Sugano (editor), Anida Ali (actor), Anida Ali (producer),
Genres: Drama, History, Music, Short,Actors: Jack Scalia (actor), Christopher Young (composer), John Loeffler (producer), Chris Innis (editor), Edoardo Costa (actor), Evans Butterworth (producer), David Michael O'Neill (writer), Rebecca Grace (editor), Sonia Nassery Cole (writer), Sonia Nassery Cole (producer), Sonia Nassery Cole (actress), Sonia Nassery Cole (director), Walid Amini (actor), Scott Matthews (miscellaneous crew), Pete Asplund (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: When Taliban authorities deny the turning over of Osama Bin Laden post 911, U.S. Forces rout their leadership from Kabul and free its Afghan citizens from the brutal grip of spiritual henchman Mullah Mohammed Omar and that of his dark-age Sharia led leadership. Seizing upon this new and volatile window of freedom, matriarch Farishta Mansouri along with her husband Hadar normalize their family's efforts by turning her deceased father's Soviet destroyed bookstore into a restaurant. A place of hope called "The Poet's Corner" along with an open microphone, a small stage and an invitation for all Afghans to read their poetry, voice is now given to the voiceless. Both men and women now have a safe, equal and inviting place to tell their stories and to sing their songs. But like a lightening rod, these new voices of freedom attract the darkest, lingering factional Taliban elements who then target the Mansouri family in the most heinous ways imaginable. In their efforts to silence the platform of freedom, Farishta and Hadar Mansouri are made a dire example by that of the Taliban through their desire to live freely, safely and with their own self-determination. Ultimately overcoming overwhelming odds the Taliban leadership is given a lesson of their own.
Keywords: afghanistan, bomb, independent-film, kabul, marriage, u.s.-militaryActors: Masahiro Sugano (director), Masahiro Sugano (editor), Anida Ali (actor), Anida Ali (producer), Anida Ali (director),
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Genres: Short,Actors: Giuseppe Cristiano (composer), Giuseppe Cristiano (director), Giuseppe Cristiano (producer), Giuseppe Cristiano (writer), Francesco Dominedò (actor), Roberto Letizia (writer), Roberto Letizia (actor), Gianluca Perilli (actor), Jac Rytterholm (producer), Orange Cash (composer), Daniel Arvor (editor), Emiliano Aiello (actor), Alessandro Aiello (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: John Agar (actor), Simon Armitage (actor), Roger McGough (actor), Jack Emery (producer), James Fenton (actor), Ian Maxen (miscellaneous crew), Jane Jacomb-Hood (miscellaneous crew), John Heath-Stubbs (actor), Carol Ann Duffy (actress), Paul Stainer (actor), Harry Guest (actor),
Plot: Originally broadcast over the Easter Week. Sir John Gielgud narrates the story of Easter, as written in the King James Bible, in seven parts. Covering the trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus,10 new poems by acclaimed contemporary writers including John Agar, John Heath Stubbs, Roger McGough and Carol Ann Duffy. Episodes: Triumphal Entry; Teaching in Jerusalem; the Trial; Pilate's Wife; the Crucifixion; the Resurrection.
Genres: Drama,