What happens when poetry comes into your life? Can words make a difference? Meet 11 San Francisco youth who've embarked on a lifelong journey with words. These films tell the stories of young people finding and claiming their place.

Part of This Place Called Poetry: WritersCorps' 15th Anniversary Exhibition at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery from November 7, 2008 to January 24, 2009.

Produced by Katharine Gin and Kjell Nordeson

Preview a selection of the shorts:

Annie Yu
Dubb
Lateefah Simon
Robin Black
Shahid Minapara
Antoinette Osborne
Antonio Caceres
Jorge Aburto
Indiana Pehlivanova
Sandra Pulido
Eric Foster