Alternative

from ‘The Placebo Effect’

 

The more I enjoy famous festival films

the more I reflect on

how many vers libres I could have written

for time that’s been spent.

But the more I turn over the choice in my mind

the closer I come to conclusion

that it’s so much better to see

a couple of glorious movies

than make up a dozen of gimpy free verses.

 

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Golden Palm

Academy Award

Reviews

[emmajoy]

A movie is a book without pages and is someone else's interpretation of what the words mean; it's a best seller when extraordinary, a 'disaster' movie at its worst.

Yours is an opinion worth savouring!

[MOON]

I love the movies , you can sit and loose yourself . First comes the script , the writing key then the art and imagination.

[...]

. i learnt a new word -- "gimpy" -- it means crippled ... i'll have to think about this post ... i can't somehow imagine crippled poetry just yet ... also, i happen to be a fan of "glorious" cinema and often see a poetic film and feel it is as enriching an experience as reading exquisite poetry ...

[J. J. Nightingale]

IS IT ? .. MAYBE WE "GET SOMETHING" FROM WATCHING .. AND THAT HELPS US TO CREATE .. MAYBE WE DO NOT .. WRITING IS FROM YOUR HEART YOUR MIND AND YOUR SOUL .. WHAT COULD BE BETTER, THAN GIVING .. YOU ... ..

I LIKE !! .. JASMINE

[Mockingbird]

i agree. sometimes it's better to get out, take a break from writing and just go see a film. you might even gather some inspiration there.

[Divinity Sleeps in This]

I disagree, hehe! Literature is way better than film, unless maybe producing would be more fun than authorship :)

I like the casual tone of this.