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Video of “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson Another sensitive and ingenious of one of my poetry comics by Jim Avis. This time it's Emily Dickinson's celebrated poem, "Because I could not stop for Death." This adaptation, along with 23 others, can be found in my new book, Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry (Plough Publishing): 

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"To a Mouse" by Robbie Burns, animated by Jim Avis

A wee animated version of my comics interpretation of Robbie Burns’ “To a Mouse” (1785), featuring an extremely Scottish recitation by actor Gareth Morrison.  The comic, along with 23 other such graphic adaptations, can be found in my new book, Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry (Plough Publishing, 2026).

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"Butchering" by Rhina P. Espaillat, animated by Jim Avis

Jim Avis’s sensitive animation (and reading) of my comics interpretation by “Butchering,” by contemporary Dominican-American poet Rhina P. Espaillat. The comic, along with 23 other such graphic adaptations, can be found in my new book, Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry (Plough Publishing, 2026).

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"Fern Hill" by Dylan Thomas, animated by Jim Avis

My new book, Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry (Plough Publishing, 2026) was released on March 24. Here is another video interpretation by Jim Avis of one of the 24 comics adaptations featured in the book: Dylan Thomas’s immortal ode to childhood (and one of my favourite poems), “Fern Hill,” with a reading by the poet himself:

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Video of "Icebreaking Ceremony at Golanoklumi Temple" by Jim Avis

A beautiful video animation by Jim Avis inspired by one of my “Views of an Imaginary City”:

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Video of "Views of an Imaginary City: The Krokuta Burial Pits"

Jim Avis’s sensitive video interpretation of my admittedly quite bizarre imagining of an alternative funeral rite (though one inspired by traditional practices in East Africa). The pohutukawa is a real tree, btw, native to New Zealand. It’s bright red flowers blossom in December, and for this reason it is also known as a New Zealand Christmas tree.

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Video of "Views of an Imaginary City: Nizinaringolo in Labeosti"

Another animated interpretation of one of my “Fifty-Two Views of an Imaginary City” by Jim Avis, this one looking ahead hopefully to a springier time.

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Video of "Views of an Imaginary City 14: The Laughing Willow"

Video of “Views of an Imaginary City 14: The Laughing Willow”

Another “vidiette” by Jim Avis adapted from one of my “52 Views of an Imaginary City.” Many more of these coming soon!

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