Films

GOLDEN IN THE MORNING CRANE OUR NECKS

By CAConrad

in a past life I wasa little fish who cleaned the shells of turtles a dream helped me remember their deep voice of thanksmany nights I heard sharks waiting for the tide to draw me nearwhen the calendar runs outit feels lucky another awaitsall I have ever wanted was toforge the English language intoa spear and drive it into my heartbetween leaping and being shovedno lonelier place to put my faith for theswinging motion inside the dance we sharedon the extraordinary suit for this ordinary daytake our time studying trees to imagine thenests we would build if we were birdsI ask all you talented people spending many creative hoursperfecting killer drones guns and bombs to pleaseknow we are waiting for you on the other side of art in the nokill zone

Credits

*Selected for the 2024 Bloomsday Film Festival*
*Selected for the 2024 Midwest Video Poetry Fest*
*Selected for the 2025 International Video Poetry Festival*
*Honorable Mention for REELpoetry/HoustonTX 2025*
*Selected for the 2025 Cadence Video Poetry Festival*
*Selected for the 2025 ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival*

Directed by Matthew Thompson.

From Amanda Paradise. Copyright 2021 by CAConrad. Used with permission of the author and Wave Books.