Tag Archives: poetry

“Strange Love” (poem)

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Cliff Burns

Strange Love (for Stanley Kubrick) Stanley Kubrick’s eyes belie dispassion: remoteness was his only defence. Look how frankly he regards you, the way you shrivel from that gaze.   © Cliff Burns (All Rights Reserved)

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“That Noir Moment” (poem)

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Cliff Burns

That Noir Moment does it matter how far you fall once you’ve fallen? one small step or giant leap a precipice or merely a pause   © Copyright, 2012  Cliff Burns (All Rights Reserved)

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Short verse on film

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Cliff Burns

Dreaming in Technicolor Ask the night to recall for you the lives you (should have) led— our truest selves revealed in secret screening rooms soundproofed, plastic-lined… Wandering narrative threads certain faces recurring for the sake of continuity Soft-focused, abstract “a … Continue reading →

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