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Sunday 4 September 2011

Silence Is Golden


Silence Is Golden
Charlie Chaplin In The Kid


In times of Old
Movies were entertainment gold,
No sound or special effects
Filmed only in a two
Dimensional aspect.

In black and white
Life was only wrong or right
No grey or in between
What you got,
Is what could be seen.

No politically correct rules
Actors could play the fool
With waifs and strays
No interfering busy bodies,
 To allay

Those old silent movies,
Still have a hold on us, that is kind of groovy.
The actors have become iconic,
The  movies minus vocals,
Subtle, yet ironic.

Actions still speak louder than words ! 



Submitted to dVerse Poets Poetics On the theme of Silent Films




13 comments:

  1. "In black and white/Life was only wrong or right/No grey or in between"

    I love those lines. They capture the real strength of silent movies for me.

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  2. "In black and white
    Life was only wrong or right
    No grey or in between"

    Although a little more bland, this kind of life would probably be easier to live"

    ~safehousepoetry.wordpress.com

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  3. nice...like the word play through out...above they pointed out my fav as well...no one to interfere or need to be PC...i hear that too...smiles.

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  4. Kez, I really like this. So true that the silent films were 'black and white' both literally and figuratively; and yes, actions do speak louder than words!

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  5. ,The actors have become iconic,
    The movies minus vocals,
    Subtle, yet ironic.

    Good synopsis on those wonderful silent movies of old. Well done!

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  6. Lovely rhythm and rhyme throughout... great ending, and so very true.

    ~laurie

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  7. Really enjoyed this one. It made me think, "Those were the good old days..." and I'm sure back then they looked at the 1890's and thought the same thing. And on we go.

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  8. wonder if that is where that old cliche came from :) Great job with the prompt, thanks for playing.

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  9. Great line!:
    Those old silent movies,
    Still have a hold on us, that is kind of groovy.
    The actors have become iconic,
    The movies minus vocals,
    Subtle, yet ironic.

    Actions still speak louder than words !

    So true! Great lines!

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  10. So true, that! Loved your take on the prompt :)

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  11. All the men and women slept in twin beds and Ralph Cramden threatened to his his wife Alice.

    I like: in black and white
    Life was only right or wrong.

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  12. That should be "hit his wife Alice."

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