On this jubilant day
Our clothes are on fire
They burn bright
Piping the skies in melodious colour
Our insides are ignited
The spirit of man raised
Kindling our kind hearts
(This poem is inspired by the film The Wicker Man.)
On this jubilant day
Our clothes are on fire
They burn bright
Piping the skies in melodious colour
Our insides are ignited
The spirit of man raised
Kindling our kind hearts
(This poem is inspired by the film The Wicker Man.)
A lake anchored in solitude
Reflects on its purpose
To provide safe passage for pirates
Who paw in awe at its waters
(This poem is inspired by the film Swallows and Amazons.)
These old goat feet are bleating
They have milked dry the land
Wandered and roamed
Now still sleep the bones
That bide this body to return
To the earth
Which is my home
(This poem is inspired by the film Le Quattro Volte.)
There are no searchlights
Just the whites of eyes
Filling up with quiet terror
A sort of surreal scurry
Has swept across the deck
Hurried steps descending to boats below
While the music paints the skies above
(This poem is inspired by the musicians from the film Titanic.)
I am Little John
Or John Little if you please
I’ll toss you good
With my bare hands
They’re sure as wood
But fair as maiden
Now face me stranger
In this joust
That I hath laden
(This poem is inspired by the character of Little John from the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.)
Stuck in this chair
In this darn sticky heat
Goin’ stir crazy
Can’t reach my feet
Strange things happenin’ across the way
Thorald’s wife was there
But she’s not there today
Guess I’ll watch and pass the hours
Say, what’s that dog doing in those flowers
(This poem is inspired by the film Rear Window.)
The aching arms of the sea
Slave in heaving pits
Perspiring in perfect rhythm
Hearts are beaten drums
Hands raw, backs hardened numb
The oar bones break in waves
(This poem is inspired by the film Ben-Hur.)
When the morning song of nature sings
A pause for thought
For where hope may spring
Through woodlood shade and hazel trees
Uncertainty echoes on a breeze
Valleys verdant will be roamed
Until wandering paws find their home
(This poem is inspired by the film Watership Down.)
Be still in the season
Content with nature’s pace
Unfurling its treasures
As only it knows
How this garden grows
(This poem is inspired by the novel and film versions of The Secret Garden.)
When the world gets tough
In a puff of a dragon dream
Retreat to your latibule lair
Where green nostrils blow
A dazzle of love in a flare
(This poem is inspired by the film Pete’s Dragon.)