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Tag Archives: charlie chaplin
Golden Silence
Happy birthday, Charles Spencer Chaplin, and thanks for tramping around on-screen with such zest, pluck, vim, and gilded tenderness. Tatters in half-light,the poor heart’s lonely hunting–shreds of pure love, sown.
Dictate This
(April Fool’s Day 2025: a haiku honoring the Great Dictator-busting Charlie Chaplin, whose clown’s shoes left indelible footprints.) The Great Dictator?Charlie, in jest, plants his foot–No ass too big.
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Tagged charlie chaplin, comedy reigns, great dictator, haiku, little tramp, poem, slapstick
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Last Laugh
(April Fool’s Day 2025: a haiku in honor of the Little Tramp, Sir Charles Chaplin.) Slapstick’s trinity,a monotheistic gag–Salvation’s last laugh.
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Tagged april fool's, charlie chaplin, haiku, little tramp, poem, sacred fool, slapstick
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The Gift
We are here, but briefly,shadows of candle-lightdancing between dust and choir,day and night,so consider todaya good dayto begin, or to continueunwrapping yourself,and giving you to you as a gift,your soul rightfully taggedas both receiver and sender,in what constitutesa wild embracing … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, photography, Poetry
Tagged charlie chaplin, Cinema, jackie coogan, love is real, poem, silent classic, The Kid
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Fools-Day
In honor of April Fool’s, and to all the world’s wise fool mystics, beautiful innocents, and cliff-diving dreamers: To marvel dumbly, and trespass, with a sense of the infinite backlighting a wink– this, the way of the Fool, or sacred … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged buster keaton, charlie chaplin, fool's play, here comes the sun, John Biscello, marx brothers, slapstick, take a leap, tarot, the fool, wise fools, zero the fool
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Humanity
She came to know him through the brushwork of fingers– Light, the common touch. (Image of Charlie Chaplin meeting Helen Keller)
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Tagged charlie chaplin, haiku, helen keller, John Biscello, meeting of the souls, touch
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Three Cheers for Charlie
Happy birthday (April 16th), Charles Spencer Chaplin! Slapstick’s trinity, a monotheistic gag– Salvation’s last laugh. The Great Dictator? Charlie, in jest, plants his foot– no ass too big. Winter, starving clown, no disciples to be found– this, the … Continue reading
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Tagged charlie chaplin, fool's play, haiku, happy birthday!, John Biscello, Poetry, the little tramp, tribute
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Granny and Chaplin
(Today is my grandmother May’s birthday, May-Day in my heart. Tomorrow is Sir Charlie Chaplin’s birthday, Fool’s-Play-Day in my heart. And so, in honor of these two wonderful and loving spirits) In times of hardship and heartache my grandmother … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged charlie chaplin, comedy, grandmother, granny, hope, John Biscello, laughter, love, may daddi, Prose, smile, spirit-guides, story
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Chaplin, Keaton
Men, who took the fall, to keep the world in stitches– Clowning achievement. (Film still from Limelight, the only film in which Chaplin and Keaton appeared together).
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Tagged buster keaton, charlie chaplin, Cinema, clowns, golden age, haiku, John Biscello, limelight, movie, poem, slapstick
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When Helen Met Charlie
Clown’s soft, open face, Braille for tender reception– found in translation.
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Tagged Braille, charlie chaplin, clown, haiku, heart, helen keller, John Biscello, photo, poem, Poetry, touch, tramp
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