The following webpage indirectly explains how movies are like poems, and directly goes over how screenwriting is like writing a poem. https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/podcast-birdman-writing-a-screenplay-is-like-writing-a-poem/

Movies, like poems, have a beginning, middle and end.
The screenwriter, like a poet, notice the connections between cause and effect – the flowing interconnections,

and uses imagery for effect.

Movies, like poems, can transport us to another place.