Hailstones & Halibut Bones

This has two parts, each around 7-10 minutes. Animated drawings illustrate five poems which show how a writer uses colors - blue, grey, orange, purple, and brown - to convey feeling. Mary O'Neil's book of imagistic poems of the same title is interpreted in animation and reading with original impressionist drawings. The poems define color in terms of imaginary sounds, feelings, and moods., Celeste Holm reads selections from the book by Mary O'Neil. Illustrates the poem, showing how a writer uses color to convey feeling. Celeste Holm narrates the poem by Mary O'Neill which shows how a writer uses color to convey ways of feeling.

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