The Echoes poetry competition to celebrate Write Out Loud's 20th anniversary is now open.  Judged by Neil Astley.

Competition closes in 6 days, 9 hours. Get details and Enter.

Popular last 30 days

poetry love Trump democracy resistance War life authoritarianism History poem

Movies (Remove filter)

AN OLD FRIEND

At age 80 Harrison Ford makes another adventure movie

I guess the storyline is acceptable

Although, Indiana Jones can now only enter caves

If they are handicap accessible

Read and leave comments (0)

🌷(2) 

short   funny   humor   movies   hollywood

The Roxy

we used to go to the pictures, file out

deaf and stunned by what we'd seen

it never faded, the novelty, no movie

lacked a technicolour king or queen

 

now life's a film the thrills have died

every day's a banal double feature

screen stars ten a penny its routine

the vision of a monstrous creature

 

its no fun when you've seen it before

appetites jaded expectations ...

Read and leave comments (1)

🌷(3) 

movies   you tube   stardom   hollywood   john wayne   jaded

Back to the Future

Back to the Future is exciting and great!!
It is one of the biggest movies to date.
It is clever, funny and really sublime,
As we watch Marty McFly travel in time.

By Doc Emmett Brown, Marty is assisted.  
As he goes back in time the plot becomes twisted
When he stops his parents from getting together,
Marty almost reaches the end of his tether.  

This means he is nearly erased from ex...

Read and leave comments (1)

🌷(2) 

Stuart Vanner   Back to the Future   Films   Movies   science fiction poetry

Movies

Movies take us to a wonderful place, 
One which may be slow or very fast paced. 
They can make us smile and can make us laugh. 
They can be set in the future or set in the past.

There are action adventures with lots of fighting, 
Which can be gripping and very exciting. 
Or do you prefer ones of love and romance? 
Or ones that are full of music and dance?

And then there are those who l...

Read and leave comments (0)

🌷(3) 

Stuart Vanner   Movies   Films

Movie

I’ve watched you turn your back on me time and time again, I thought you could only rewind movies.

I was living in one you never wanted to be apart of and yet I continued filming you and you kept hiding. 

Now i’m stuck pressing rewind on a bunch of blank movie tapes. Because of you I fucking hate going to the movies.

Read and leave comments (0)

movies   hate

Fifty Shades......

Waiting in hot anticipation

It's been too long

Since our paths did cross

 

I may need to brush up

Before the main event

Eight months and counting.

 

Mr Grey will see you now!

Read and leave comments (4)

50 Shades of Grey   trailer   movies

Action

(This isn't quite right but here goes . .)

 

Action!

Now there’s a word I’ve longed to say

Let me be a film director just for a day

I’d bathe my sets with natural light

And keep my close ups tight

I’d cast a beautiful girl as my star

and keep her key light bright

She’d be in all my master shots

And I’d fade the soundtrack in soft

Action!

(Dissolve shot of Within...

Read and leave comments (0)

life   movies

Zorro's Children

Zorro’s children

 

 

on rainy Saturday mornings

a well-spent ninepence

was all it took

to leave a headscarfed mother

in some chattering queue

for luncheon meat

or lardy cake

and step inside the transport

taking us

to Planet Zog

Or Dead Man’s canyon

via Keystone or some cartoon city

where,

fortified with Mojos

and Mambo juice

in strange shaped cartons

we’d jostle for the back r...

Read and leave comments (5)

nostalgia   movies   childhood

This site uses only functional cookies that are essential to the operation of the site. We do not use cookies related to advertising or tracking. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message