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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




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13 comments:

  1. PattiKen4 September 2011 at 17:20

    "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. Anonymous4 September 2011 at 17:44

    "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. Brian Miller4 September 2011 at 18:31

    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. Mary4 September 2011 at 18:54

    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. Ginny Brannan4 September 2011 at 18:55

    ,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. Anonymous4 September 2011 at 19:57

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

    ~laurie

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  7. Victoria4 September 2011 at 20:43

    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. Sheila4 September 2011 at 22:03

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

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  9. California Ink in Motion5 September 2011 at 01:35

    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. Madeleine Begun Kane5 September 2011 at 04:51

    I very much enjoyed that verse!

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  11. Louise6 September 2011 at 17:38

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

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  12. colleen8 September 2011 at 02:00

    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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  13. colleen8 September 2011 at 02:01

    That should be "hit his wife Alice."

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