Comments on: Poetry in Movies: Four Weddings and a Funeral http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/ Sacred Poetry from Around the World Sat, 18 May 2013 21:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Peggy http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-76079 Peggy Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:30:47 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-76079 Biopic movie called "Black Butterflies" on Ingrid Jonker. You can hear Nelson Mandela read the poem on youtube. The Child The child is not dead The child lifts his fists against his mother Who shouts Afrika ! shouts the breath Of freedom and the veld In the locations of the cordoned heart The child lifts his fists against his father in the march of the generations who shouts Afrika ! shout the breath of righteousness and blood in the streets of his embattled pride The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanga not at Orlando nor at Sharpeville nor at the police station at Philippi where he lies with a bullet through his brain The child is the dark shadow of the soldiers on guard with rifles Saracens and batons the child is present at all assemblies and law-givings the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers this child who just wanted to play in the sun at Nyanga is everywhere the child grown to a man treks through all Africa the child grown into a giant journeys through the whole world Without a pass Biopic movie called “Black Butterflies” on Ingrid Jonker. You can hear Nelson Mandela read the poem on youtube.

The Child

The child is not dead
The child lifts his fists against his mother
Who shouts Afrika ! shouts the breath
Of freedom and the veld
In the locations of the cordoned heart

The child lifts his fists against his father
in the march of the generations
who shouts Afrika ! shout the breath
of righteousness and blood
in the streets of his embattled pride

The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanga
not at Orlando nor at Sharpeville
nor at the police station at Philippi
where he lies with a bullet through his brain

The child is the dark shadow of the soldiers
on guard with rifles Saracens and batons
the child is present at all assemblies and law-givings
the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers
this child who just wanted to play in the sun at Nyanga is everywhere
the child grown to a man treks through all Africa

the child grown into a giant journeys through the whole world
Without a pass

]]> By: Ivan M. Granger http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-3407 Ivan M. Granger Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:49:28 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-3407 Dead Poets Society - another good one. I did a post about it here: http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/12/poetry-in-movies-dead-poets-society/ Ivan Dead Poets Society – another good one. I did a post about it here:
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/12/poetry-in-movies-dead-poets-society/

Ivan

]]> By: Northern Michigan http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-3406 Northern Michigan Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:38:59 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-3406 What about that movie Dead Poets Society with Robin Williams. What about that movie Dead Poets Society with Robin Williams.

]]> By: Ivan M. Granger http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-49 Ivan M. Granger Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:16:24 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-49 Mary Jeanne, I'll have to watch "Splendor in the Grass" again. It's been a long time since I've seen it. Wordsworth's "Ode on the Intimations of Immortality" has so many wonderful passages... I'll have to read that again too. Mary Jeanne,

I'll have to watch "Splendor in the Grass" again. It's been a long time since I've seen it. Wordsworth's "Ode on the Intimations of Immortality" has so many wonderful passages… I'll have to read that again too.

]]> By: Mary Jeanne http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-48 Mary Jeanne Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:23:30 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-48 One of my favorites in "Splendor in the Grass", based on William Inge's play of the same name. The title is taken directly from Wordworth's "Ode on the Intimations of Immortality." One of my favorites in "Splendor in the Grass", based on William Inge's play of the same name. The title is taken directly from Wordworth's "Ode on the Intimations of Immortality."

]]> By: Joanne http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-44 Joanne Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:17:53 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-44 Hi manas and Ivan, Auden's poem beautifully expresses a moment of despair and loss. We all have them. It's not gloomy in my opinion-it's authentic and that is what I hear in it. Warm regards, Joanne Hi manas and Ivan,

Auden's poem beautifully expresses a moment of despair and loss. We all have them. It's not gloomy in my opinion-it's authentic and that is what I hear in it.

Warm regards,

Joanne

]]> By: Ivan M. Granger http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-25 Ivan M. Granger Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:47:38 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-25 manas, you are raising a good question: Who can suggest a movie that uses poetry in an uplifting way? manas, you are raising a good question:

Who can suggest a movie that uses poetry in an uplifting way?

]]> By: manas / akash http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-24 manas / akash Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:21:48 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-24 If we see beyond seeing that there may or may not be a source , the search for the source of empty pang may actually be futile , the heart beats to it's own tune , to it's own whim and fancy , then probably even closed life may be soothing and healing . There are many ways to heal . Each different from other , some opposite of the others . I agree with you on one point . "sometimes the heart must cry out with the wind beneath the violet sky ' I liked these lines . Thank you , Ivan . Regards , manas If we see

beyond seeing

that there may or may not be a source ,

the search for the source of empty pang

may actually be futile ,

the heart beats to it's own tune ,

to it's own whim and fancy ,

then probably

even closed life

may be soothing and

healing .

There are many ways to heal .

Each different from other ,

some opposite of the others .

I agree with you on one point .

"sometimes the heart

must cry out

with the wind

beneath the violet sky '

I liked these lines .

Thank you , Ivan .

Regards ,

manas

]]> By: Ivan M. Granger http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-23 Ivan M. Granger Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:29:25 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-23 sometimes the heart must cry out with the wind beneath the violet sky - Ivan (I know, Auden's poem is a gloomy one isn't it, manas? But there's something soothing, even healing about it, giving voice to the ache we all feel in the echo between heartbeats. If we find the source of that empty pang, I think life can open up in amazing ways...) sometimes the heart

must cry out

with the wind

beneath the violet sky

- Ivan

(I know, Auden's poem is a gloomy one isn't it, manas? But there's something soothing, even healing about it, giving voice to the ache we all feel in the echo between heartbeats. If we find the source of that empty pang, I think life can open up in amazing ways…)

]]> By: manas / akash http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-22 manas / akash Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:30:52 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/03/08/poetry-in-movies-four-weddings-and-a-funeral/#comment-22 Hi Ivan , I want a happy song , in tune with the soft melody of a purple shade in the sky . Smile , manas (Purple shade is in my blog , " akash-smriti ' .) Hi Ivan ,

I want a happy song ,

in tune with the

soft melody

of a purple shade

in the sky .

Smile ,

manas

(Purple shade is in my blog , " akash-smriti ' .)

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