What makes a poem … a poem? - Melissa Kovacs
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What exactly makes a poem … a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Melissa Kovacs shares three recognizable characteristics of most poetry.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Melissa Kovacs
- Director Richard O'Connor
- Producer Richard O'Connor
- Animator Taisiya Zaretskaya, Phil Powers
- Illustrator Taisiya Zaretskaya
- Composer Gareth Averill
- Associate Producer Jessica Ruby
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Addison Anderson
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