Author: thecheshirecatsmile
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Heredity
By Thomas Hardy What I like about this is Hardy pays homage to his past and looks to the future. We all carry our heritage with us, it never leaves us. Poignant. https://allpoetry.com/poem/15768192-Heredity-by-Thomas-Hardy-by-Cecelia-Cran
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The Crunch
By Charles Bukowski There are three versions of this, each slightly different, with the main theme of life and how people’s behaviour affects and impacts on everything. There are of course the usual Bukowski observations, which are unique and gaudy. I like it, it holds a mirror to the world – a side some shy […]
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The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost This poem is probably well known to most, it’s simplicity and tongue in cheek is charming. It can be interpreted however you like, what I feel it says is that we all make choices in life and having that choice is something to cherish, making a decision depends on how you feel […]
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Defeat
By Kahlil Gibran This poem is such a powerful piece, it says that sometimes we learn more about ourselves and the world when we lose than when we win. And losing is not always a negative but can be a positive experience. I really like it. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58713/defeat-56d23d566b4c3
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Tenet (2020)
‘Don’t try to understand it. Feel it.’ Well, I wish I could. Tenet came out around this time last year when things were a little different. Unfortunately I did not get a chance to venture out to catch it at the cinemas and did not want the hype around it to influence my thoughts on […]
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The Lighthouse (2019)
‘How long have we been on this rock? Five weeks? Two Days? Where are we? Help me to recollect’ Thomas Wake No, this isn’t about being in lockdown, this is Robert Eggers The Lighthouse If you didn’t get the chance to see this film when it came out then do try to catch it on […]
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Ad Astra (2019)
‘Why go on? Why keep trying?’ Roy McBride Ad Astra (Latin for To the Stars) feels like a film that I needed right now. I have seen it a couple of times during lockdown and it hits a nerve. Brad Pitt plays Roy McBride who undertakes a space mission to deliver a message to his […]
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The Master (2012)
‘Free winds and no tyranny for you, Freddie, sailor of the seas. You pay no rent, free to go where you please. Then go, go to that landless latitude and good luck. If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For […]
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Serpico (1973)
‘The reality is that we do not wash our own laundry – it just gets dirtier’ Serpico It was Al Pacino’s 80th birthday this month, I have seen most of his films, even the bad ones, yes there are bad ones! (Note – this is not a bad one) I thought I revisit Serpico as […]
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Solaris (1972)
‘See, I love you. But love is a feeling we can experience but never explain. One can explain the concept. You love that which you can lose: Yourself, a woman, a homeland. Until today, love was simply unattainable to mankind, to the earth. Maybe we are here to experience people as a reason for love.’ […]
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