The way the poems were linked together was perfect. The soldier from the Owl imagines and remembers what the soldiers who could not get leave had to experience Dulce Et Decorum Est. The solders who die in Dulce Et Decorum Est are turned into propaganda with Flanders Field.

This...was tragic, heartbreaking, terrifying, and jawdropping. This is a fitting portryal of one of histories most devastating wars. Please keep doing your amazing work!

Absolutely heartbreaking poems. So important that they continue to be read though.

The three poems are : The Owl d'Edward Thomas then 04'04 Dulce et DEcorum Est, then 6'19 Flanders Fields.... Thanks for this excellent job on such a sad subject :)

Bravo Manual Cinema. I am so inspired by your work. Thank you for this....

this is so much better than it gets credit for

So proud of Drew and Sarah and Manual Cinema.

great animation. Good to see the creatitvity of these poets is being kept alive. A creativity that is hardly matched these days in terms of their writing and skill

Simply amazing. This truly breathes new life into these poems, it’s like I’m hearing them for the first time.

This will always be one of the most emotional videos i have ever watched on youtube

Excellent readings and presentations of the poems. I was sorry they didn't include the Alan Seeger poem, "I Have A Rendezvous With Death." The literary world took a hit from those lost in WWI. A great film. Thanks for posting.

If only more people knew about the horrors of World War 1, IMO it was worse for the soldiers then the second world war. May these poor souls rest in peace.

Thankyou for upload and a true poetry. From this older Canuck viewer.

I think I'll use this in my history class. Thanks!

Amazing presentation

The eye of an owl was creepy but good

This is an absolute masterpiece, love the style of it and of course the poems too

MY HISTORY TEACHER USED THIS AND IT WAS SO HELPFUL 🙏

Beautiful!!

Great work! Well done

I love the cartoon cut out feel of the visuals. I've thought about trying this, but it's a little out of my comfort zone.

Could you guys put a subtitle in there? i can't barely understand what they're saying without subtitle cause english is not my first language. I do love this video though, it's beautiful yet sad

Absolutely amazing piece of work!

I've linked this video to my Teams lesson and the teacher loved it

That was Amazing I’m very inspired

Beautiful.

amazing work!

Wonderful work

Dulce et decorum eat has become my favorite poem of all time

We are studying these poems at school All of them are so heartbreaking! ❤️

I do feel that the stark, austere purity of the poetry is not enhanced this - it only requires a good reader

Keep on the good work

powerful.

And it's a never ending cycle... some come back, scarred for life, while others die in battle. Yes as they die, their deaths are twisted into propaganda to get more to go, and keep feeding young men the lie of Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

Very nice! I would like to use your video as a backdrop, for the poem. Dulce et decorum est. How do I contact you?

Hey, does anyone know the name of the song the military recruiter is playing in the video?

Wow! Bammo!

I saw this at school today

It's okay It's okay Is so exotic🩷❤️🫂

Is that 3 poems together , it was amazing but I just want 1 separated poem ... can anyone help me to recognise just the first poem in the video???? Please it's very important for me !!!

Who’s here from miss Middleton 🤣🤣

The music ruined it

Dear Poetry Foundation, please hear my critisicsm on how you chose to present the first poem. It was unwise to detract from the heroe's words with all the horror movie shrieks and macabre imagery which you used to help the viewer see his experience as exceedingly horrific and miserable, but I was struggling to hear his words because I was overwhelmed by the noise. Truly,, you could have done a better job of letting the poet convey his message through his poetry alone. I really appreciate the cardboard figures and settings you did, it has an aesthetic appeal that is very useful, but from a man like myself who enjoys writing rhyms and poetic messages, I would encourage you to be more diligent to not detract from the poet's work in any way when you do something like this. I imagined the soft low voice of the Poetry Foundation guy reading this, the guy whos name I cannot find, the one I used to hear on the radio every day I drove home from work about 12 years ago, and I thought it would be more dramatic and emotional than this work because a person would likely focus more on what was being said. Surely, this was your aim, but I tell you, you missed the target. WW1 was such an exceedingly terrible tragedy in all of human history that modern society really needs to have more discussions about so that we can honor the fallen heroes and innocent civilians as well as work to avoid another tragedy if this kind, you know? I am thankful that you are doing things like this. Please keep it up and may God bless you to do so. Love, peace and grace from heaven to you all.

Reading = excellent, animation = good, music = rubbish.

I am insulted that poetry magazines used Covid to charge reading fees. It’s not our fault you can’t manage your business. Put up a donation site or is poetry in such a sad state? So much poetry so much inefficiency and now you gotta pay so people will read your work. I never paid never will. This is a turning point in history and you are charging reading fees, what is systematic racism. Nah, but think about it. Put up a donation site say for the future of the world and writing and start publishing more. What is the disconnect? If your interns can’t handle it, get new ones. Art is essential life. So sad.