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Sudhir Iyer
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0 posted 2003-04-11 09:21 AM


For Ginger... The Influence of Motion Picture

pictures move
at a steady, slow or fast
rate of a few or more
frames per second
scripted in a smile
like the marriage
of golden sunset to
the crimsoned west
giving birth to
an infant dawn
embraced by yellow
through the lens
of the moonlit night
while the stars light up
the silver screens
leaving us mesmerised
entrapped by the works
hypnotised into a reverie
by the lusciousness
of art inside art
of act after act
time after time
and beyond
the cosmic blues

we stay influenced

attracted to the jazz
like moths to a fire
and bees to a hive
(lovers in love)

to the stories that
move us, engage us,
enrage us, delight us,
often leaving us
incomplete
like a tale of broken hearts
end of a certain story
but lacking
the completeness of another
that would-have-been

through the riveting
motions of emotions,
drama, action, lights
all that jazz and
all that rock and roll
we gawk eagle-eyed
like a young man ogling
a curvaceous nymph

yes, most of us,
young or old,
are drawn by
the magnetism of
a starry-eyed nymph
known as cinema

I only wish
it were less violent
and more humorous
but then it is often
a reflection of life
and the state we are in

yet,
for entertainment sake,
if fantasy could rule roost
only for a little while

then perhaps,
the rooster on top
of the farmhouse
might still be interested
in providing the
wake-up call

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this is for Larry's challenge: /pip/Forum7/HTML/000552.html


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Sunshine
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1 posted 2003-04-11 09:51 AM



The panoramic delight
just presented
is leaving us with ginger-smiles...

Thank you Sudhir!

Challenge well met!

Seymour Tabin
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2 posted 2003-04-11 10:09 AM


Sudhir  
An interesting write, enjoyed the read.

Larry C
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3 posted 2003-04-11 01:04 PM


Sudhir,
You have captured so much of what intrigued Ginger about the movies as a teaching tool. Too cool! A fabulous write, nothing meagre in the least. Thank you.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Sudhir Iyer
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Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
4 posted 2003-04-14 05:06 AM


I am really glad you liked it, Larry... Your appreciation gladdens me...

Regards to you,
Sudhir

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