Read By Miami: Ten new poem films for 2026, produced with O, Miami
Christell Victoria Roach performs her poem "Overture."
Just in time for National Poetry Month, we're excited to premiere a new poem film series: Read By Miami, our second collaboration with O, Miami. Every Thursday from now until early June, join us for poem films shining a light on Miami and the talented artists it's home to.
South Florida poets Jaswinder Bolina, Tom Healy, Caridad Moro-Gronlier, and Christell Victoria Roach and actor Ruben Rabasa will each perform two favorite poems in films created by Cuban-American director Eric Felipe-Barkin. Shot on location around Miami-Dade County, these film bear witness to Miami's many stories, histories, cultures, and environments.
Stay tuned for each new release:
April 2nd: Caridad Moro-Gronlier reads “In Defense of My Mother Who Never Bought Me a Barbie Dreamhouse”
April 9th: Tom Healy reads “Sonnet for the Chickens”
April 16th: Christell Victoria Roach reads Terrance Hayes - “The Golden Shovel”
April 23rd: Jaswinder Bolina reads David Berman - “Snow”
April 30th: Ruben Rabasa reads José Marti - “Cultivo una rosa blanca / I grow a white rose”
May 7th: Caridad Moro-Gronlier reads Matthew Olzmann - “Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America”
May 14th: Jaswinder Bolina reads “Palace of Amenhotep (or 20th Century Elegy)”
May 21st: Tom Healy reads W. H. Auden - “Musée des Beaux Arts”
May 28th: Ruben Rabasa reads Frank Báez - “Self-Portrait”
June 4th: Christell Victoria Roach reads “Overture”
About O, Miami: O, Miami builds community around the power of poetry. Through collaborations, projects, events, and publications, we create a platform for amplifying Miamians, investing in a new shared narrative of our city and a more equitable picture of its future.
We celebrate National Poetry Month with a festival that aims to have every person in Miami-Dade County encounter a poem during the month of April. Mixing site-specific events, community gatherings, and poetry-in-public-places projects, the festival is a celebration of Miami and its people.
Ruben Rabasa reads Frank Báez's "Self-Portrait"