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.)
The desolate snow claw grips
As the last light rescinds
A beast becomes blanket and bed
The man may survive the night
But the creature is dead
(This poem is inspired by the Tauntaun creature from the film Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.)
Your days have become grey
As has your beard
You keep a quiet company
Where only the the stillness of sand talks
Whispering on the wise
To watch and wait for a wandering son
(This poem is inspired by the character of Ben Kenobi from the film Star Wars: A New Hope.)
Find that itch!
Oh that’s so much better!
A good old scratch
Behind my ear
Sends me to sleep
In fluttering clouds
Of soft furry white
Yawns!
Atreyu. goodnight!
(This poem is inspired by the character Falkor from the film The Neverending Story.)
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