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poetry inspired by film. |
Hi Cinema Frequenter!
I am delighted that you chose to jump off the deep end and take a journey through some millenium to present day American cinema this way. These poems can be seen as movie- inspired poetry alone, or riddles complete with the movie following. So, read through this small collection and try to guess what movie each poem is inspired by or hints at. As a disclaimer, I have no affiliation with the movies or actors mentioned herein whatsoever. Have fun!
Contend
I am a tawny river incarnate,
A flow of chocolaty bliss,
A decadent mass explosion,
From fist to violent kick.
Don't mistake these massive tresses,
Or clothes that I adorn.
For I'm a broken woman,
Misused, abused, torn.
My MO, you see, is simple,
"get yours, don't let 'em get you."
We must be our own creator of
rights that we are due.
This last one's the payback,
Sealing all of my street cred.
Life wIll never find me wanting,
It would sooner find me dead.
Inspiration: Jackie Brown (1997), Director: Quentin Tarantino.
Disclosure
Meanie gaze O'er triple points; Don't tread this way No more. Relief, I'm finding, peace Will come through Snakes and disclosure.
Light my eyes, and soften my heart Bosom friendship of the past. In the flowers we will Sit and talk, In the flowers time Will pass...
Hand to hand, and hand to hand, In summer's lurid haze. We'll sing of love, of Friends, of life, And live for better days.
Inspiration: Color Purple (1986), Director: Steven Spielberg.
Dove Tales
A story locked within my soul. A story of both young and old. A story we can borrow, true That left us melancholy blue.
The days were evasive, I needed his smile, his Strength and laugh, his Grace and wild Passion and smolder, Hope in view.
I knew exactly what I must do, Not just for love, but a land In our midst, Could not be remedied by A random kiss.
Bravely, I consorted with My true love, in the name Of the only Father above.
Their story, our story, Got rolled into one, And that my children Is how it was done.
Movie Inspiration: One Night With the King (Christian) 2006, Dir.: Michael O. Sajbel
Fight
Around the bend, At every turn, A battle fought; A lesson learned.
Brandishing swords Of anticipation, Purpose, pride, Determination.
My hands will bear the hero's scars, a Bloody brow to end All wars.
Our only hope, Sheer, brutish might, Defense and stratagem, Will kill the monsters in our world, reveal monsters from within.
Brought by peril to mercy's end, Disharmony rises from friend To friend. Who's the strongest? Who should we send? To a forever darkening world.
The youth will carry us Through the night. The youth will make the Wrong things right. The youth will slaughter, Will love, will fight, until The journey's end. In this we make our strong decision, Acting in proactive Vision, In unity, without division, We'll make our World a better place, We'll make our World a better place. Please make our world A better place.
Movie Inspiration: The Maze Runner (2014), Director: Wes Ball
Greed
Loving one, and then another, I'll love her first and then the Other. The other's way is fairer still, Than the former's brutish will.
Soft pins and baubles, Midnight stares, Have found me in a bliss.
Tender words, scented gloves, And ruby parted lips.
Hair in tendrils, faces aglow, Fatigued in milky flesh.
Love and lust, honour trust, All these my biggest test.
Loving one, and then another, I'll love a one and leave the other.
My full allegiance marked near dawn, To eradicate my foolish wrongs.
Inspiration: The Other Boelyn Girl (2008), Dir.: Justin Chadwick.
Life and Death
Always, Two roads diverged: Life or death. When I met you it was Life or death. For us to continue was life or death. Our epic lovemaking was Life and death. Our departure was My life, your death. For years life was death. Always, Two roads diverged. Now... As I stroke your face, Take me to our special place, Our place of salt and breezy air, Of pomp, regality, Vanity Fair. As evenings fade, And nights wane by In swirls of contrast, waves and dry, Read it on my epitaph, "Star-crossed lovers Are one at last."
Inspiration: Titanic (1997), Dir,: James Cameron
Masquerade
And if I perform Will it make you stare? Toss your dollars to my flair? Or will I receive the "evil glare?" For it's already known, My kind, my ilk, conspiring, Can't leave good enough alone.
You sway to my staccato, Hold your breath to each Tickle and catch. But the stillness in this room Is both freedom and a snatch.
Our experience is different, at Every note I play. For you the sound of treble, To me the howl of chains. For you an appassionato, To me the theater masks; The chill of slave descendants, From just a slight time past.
A painter once said, "There's a hue of green to each flesh tone." As I perform it's green You see, But when I'm done it's black To bone.
Movie: Greenbook (2018), Dir. : Peter Farrelly.
Mixed
On the run and in pursuit. Humble trust and cynical snoot. Acumen, loyalty, all en route, Insanely dazzle Need-filled souls, Desiring peace and Merciful truth.
Could life's cold daggers bring such recourse, No boundaries and no Remorse? Block angels and knock On demons' doors? Take heed o cursed deuce. Universal to all Is passion mixed, Tossed in death, in life, Familial tiffs, heated- soulful Arguments; Hard times mixed Up in truce. Love, To perplex, to scare, To tease, to dare, Compare its rarity, From bliss to sheer desparity, Demanding faith and Proof.
Tell me friends what would you do? If life was death, and death Was truth? If passion mixed with Vengeful flames Required your Black soul Still the same. Tell me friends What would you do? Tell me now, Of your great view. What would you Do friends? What would you do, Just what would you do?
Movie Inspiration: Queen and Slim, Dir.: Melina Matsoukas
Obsidian
A man leaves A man stays. A man. A man. A black hand. A black hand Shadows the darkness, Elusively surviving from Spell to Spell. Killing white, cancerous, Disease- filled will. Honing peace to be tangible, And keeping hope and life in deep supply.
Movie Inspiration: Black Panther (2018), Director: Ryan Coogler
Stay?
If I stay. If I stay. It will all be okay, If I stay. It will all be okay. Life's frailty is like A grain of salt, Compounded, Then aggravated. It holds the power to Hold you heady and Senseless, Or down on your Knees suicidal. There are greener Pastures I swear. I've had enough of the world's cold melancholy And dismal desolation, Enough of the fear. But if I stay, It will all be okay, Girl face your fears!
Movie Inspiration: the ending of Snowpiercer (2013), Dir.: Bong Joon Ho
The gods
So let me get this in My head. The main- speak flow of Way and time. God knows I'm a Sucker still for the Distant and cloudily defined. Moisten my hunger Conundrum, I trust Your reliable charms. Bring order into insanity, Let me rest within your arms. Oh, but you're a kidder Still, elusive to the max. Yet I refuse at this point In life, To go falling through The cracks. So you're about to Be disarmed, You won't be disarming me. It's what I say, It's just like that, It's as simple As 1, 2, 3.
Movie Inspiration: Hidden Figures (2016), Director: Theodore Melfi
The Wraith
Here I am, All for you. To save you from your constant doom, Of shallow holes, Of scanty tombs, Of sleepless nights, Of cloudy gloom.
I am that wraith to Come at last, Hearkening of A distant past, It seems on me the lot was cast, To do what I must do. Went through Peril, Snakes of Doubt, Feather of scythe, From bout to bout. Yet, Here I am to Draw you out. Just take my weary hand.
Find purpose here, This side of Heaven. Know your worth, Know The Land of the Living. It's over now, Look what you'll be given, Life is for you too.
Movie Inspiration: Harriet (2019), Director: Kasi Lemmons
Windows
Don't give me that grave stare, like Brazen dam to rushing river.
Know you not your circumstance, Or the way that I must enter?
Tat, tat, tat. Amazing how life falls Into place. But I beseech you, judge me not With the look upon your face.
The way of life is natural, The things that must be true, So mind you of fault- findings In whatever you will do!
Fix your thoughtful gazin', You need to heed my name. Do not judge me with Your eyes, or you'll reap the hurricane.
Inspiration: Rosemary looks into the crib in Rosemary's Baby (1968), Dir: Roman Polanski. |