Able Muse - movies https://www.ablemuse.com/taxonomy/term/303/303? en Cinematic History https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/featured-poetry/stephen-edgar/cinematic-history? <h2> <p>Cinematic History</p> </h2> <p>With leer to camera, flourishing his cape,<br /> And twirling fingers at his waxed moustache,<br /> The villain pauses, and then makes his dash<br /> Towards the damsel with her mouth agape.</p> <p>The screen blacks out a moment for suspense<br /> And in the gap the words &ldquo;She screams&rdquo; replace<br /> The awful action. Then that gaping face.<br /> But the only screams are from the audience.</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/featured-poetry/stephen-edgar/cinematic-history?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/featured-poetry/stephen-edgar/cinematic-history?#comments Featured Poetry cinema cinematic history film history movies poems stephen edgar v8 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:20:48 +0000 Administrator 550 at https://www.ablemuse.com The West https://www.ablemuse.com/v7/poetry/timothy-murphy/west? <h2> <p>The West</p> </h2> <h4> <p>I. Front Range</p> </h4> <p>Lean men prone to heroic understatement,<br /> they have a drawled, laconic way of speaking.<br /> They know that for their debts there&rsquo;s no abatement<br /> nor boundaries to the vistas they are seeking.<br /> <br /> No, there&rsquo;s only the Front Range of the Rockies<br /> behind which the westering sun is setting<br /> on stallion breakers too strong to be jockeys<br /> and water rights the Judge of all is vetting.</p> <h4> <p>II.&nbsp; <em>Jornada del Muerto</em></p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v7/poetry/timothy-murphy/west?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v7/poetry/timothy-murphy/west?#comments Poetry drought farming mountain climbing movies nature poem the west Timothy Murphy v7 Sun, 10 May 2009 19:00:05 +0000 Administrator 251 at https://www.ablemuse.com