Exquisite Poetry

Many thanks to author/poet Ronald Hull for his encouraging comment about my film poems. After reading my poem about Velvet Buzzsaw on AuthorsDen, Ron wrote, “I haven't told you lately that your poems are exquisite and capture the essence of the films you review beautifully.”

Below is my Velvet Buzzsaw poem.

ART FIGHTS BACK

Velvet Buzzsaw will chill your skin

when you find out the shape art’s in.

Jake Gyllenhaal in a strange role,

playing it to the hilt his goal.

This art critic thinks he’s the best.

His critiques beat all the rest.

But when he falls for dead man’s art

normal things start falling apart.

Zawe Ashton gets greedy here.

So we’re afraid to give a cheer.

Yet might we do the very thing

that she does for the golden ring?

John Malkovich, Rene Russo

add strong support. So here we go

along for such a scary ride

about what in ART we can’t abide.