Without Words - On the Death of Marcel Marceau

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Poet deVine

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0 posted 2007-09-23 08:55 AM

Here we sit in our literary pomposity
Words our tools for feelings to convey
Secretly smug knowing without words
No one will know what we wanted say

But there was one, a master tis true,
Who knew how to touch a chord
Without words his expressions were
Mightier than even the pen or sword

Slowly a smile expressed his love
A frown more sadness than he could show
Without words we bow in reverence for
A final goodbye to Marcel Marceau

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Without words – he was a master mime – without words.

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Marcel Marceau passed away Saturday – according to the Associated Press:

Born March 22, 1923, he worked in the French Resistance during World War II
to protect Jewish children from the Nazi regime.
His father, a butcher in a small town in France was sent to Auschwitz,
where he died.

Marceau studied drama and perfected his craft.
“Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?” he once asked.

Sunshine

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1 posted 2007-09-23 10:12 AM

Indeed...he studied his craft...
and sometimes, less is more,
and then there was
Marceau.

Thank you, Sharon.

Midnitesun

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2 posted 2007-09-23 10:43 AM

Thank you for this. He was indeed a master, one to emulate for many reasons.
RIP Marcel Marceau

latearrival
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3 posted 2007-09-23 01:55 PM

How nice of you to remember Marcel with these words. He was the master for sure...thankyou. "late"

Rick
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4 posted 2007-09-23 02:34 PM

Poet deVine, I am sure he will be talking about your piece of writing my friend and say isn't that just wonderful to be so well remembered. Just Lovely.

Rick

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5 posted 2007-09-23 03:59 PM

Not only did he master the craft, he set the standard. Excellant tribute!

Earth Angel
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6 posted 2007-09-23 04:01 PM

As my father used to say, find something that you love and be the best at it. Marcel Marceau definitely was a man who did just that.

"Slowly a smile expressed his love
A frown more sadness than he could show
Without words we bow in reverence for
A final goodbye to Marcel Marceau"

God speed!

This was a touching tribute, deVine One. And I also appreciated learning more about his life.

Love, Light, & Eternal Life,

EA

Corinne
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7 posted 2007-09-23 07:17 PM

Poet de Vine,

What a lovely tribute! I saw Marcel Marceau perform some twenty years ago. Now I'm glad I did.

Thank you for this,

Corinne

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8 posted 2007-09-23 07:35 PM

deVineOne~
This a a lovely tribute to a wonderful performer~

Thank you~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
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nakdthoughts
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9 posted 2007-10-09 05:48 PM

Yes, thank you for this~~

when I work at the Renaissance Faire there is a family of mimes that walk on stilts in costume and do the master proud~~

M

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10 posted 2007-10-09 07:12 PM

a most pleasant, fine, and appropriate tribute!

serious applause for this special 'write'!

Mysteria

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11 posted 2007-10-09 07:34 PM

I find it increasingly sad that I now find myself in the era where some of our greatest entertainers are leaving us. Marcel Marceau was imitated by so many, including me, but never equaled or copied. He was however, an inspiration to so many and always will be.

Your poem did justice to his memory Sharon, and I thought I would tell you that even before he died, every time, (which is not often) I was silent, I thought of his words, and how hey would interpret the situation, and always will. It makes me laugh every time.

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