Thursday, August 12, 2010

Blog Crossover

Most of you know that I keep another blog, Silent Stanzas, where I write poetry about silent film stars.  Last night, however, this popped into my head, and I thought I'd post it here.



nitrate soul



comedy
tragedy
needs to be cherished
images
memories
need to be loved...

or they
warp

and sour

and crumble

in
the
dark.

4 comments:

KC said...

This is nice--beautifully simple. And you picked the perfect image.

Avalon76 said...

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. ^_^

Margaret Benbow said...

Thank you for your thoughtful poem, and the beautifully crumbling picture. If that's Valentino, it's even easier to love those fading but timeless images...

Avalon76 said...

You're quite welcome - and yes, that's Rudy all right! It's a pre-restoration frame from "Beyond the Rocks". ^_^