Home
NEW TODAY
SCRIPT CONTESTS
FREE EVENTS
WATCH MOVIES
NEW MOVIES
FESTIVAL VIDEOS
PICTURES
READ POETRY
MOVIE SCENES
SUBMIT your FILM
POETRY CONTEST
DAILY PODCASTS
WATCH FREE FILMS
THE LAST RITE
2010 MOVIES
ACTORS
ACTRESSES
DIRECTORS
MOVIES by YEAR
FILM FRANCHISES
MOVIE GENRES
NOTES and IDEAS
WATCH VIRAL
GET OUR E-ZINE!
CONTACT US
TOP 100 Sex
FAQ
2011 MOVIES

Subscribe To This Site
XML RSS
Add to Google
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Subscribe with Bloglines
 

Poem
Ode to Beauty

helpimagehelpimage









Search WILDsound

WATCH the Best of Film Festivals

SUBSCRIBE to the Film Festival
YOUTUBE Group!
TOP WILDsound Pages
2009 MOVIE GENRES2009 MOVIE REVIEWS
Drama Movies
Comedy Movies
Action Movies
Thriller Movies
Animation Movies
Horror Movies
Kids Movies
Romance Movies
Adventure Movies
Crime Movies
Fantasy Movies
Mystery Movies
Sport Movies
War Movies
Biography Movies
Comic Book Movies
History Movies
Sci-Fi Movies
2009 Movie Columns
WATCH 2009 MOVIESWATCH SHORT FILMS

Best films from all over the world!
VIRAL MOVIESWATCH VIRAL VIDEOS

Funny/Insightful films everyday!
MOVIE BLOGSMOVIE/TV BLOGS

Daily columns from our pundits!
BOX OFFICE RESULTSBOX OFFICE RESULTS

Daily domestic results!
2009 MOVIE TRAILERSMOVIE TRAILERS

Best of what's coming up!

Ode to Beauty
by Jen Frankel

I

I go where the wind blows
In the morning I lie in bed
& hear it outside the window
Hurtling itself to and fro
Through a part of the world I seldom see
I go where the wind blows
But it seldom waits for me

II

Beauty, I have said, is a facet on the jewel of prejudice
I'll throw my other gems more easily
into a crowd of unheeding, usual swine
Or to a deep pool of my own with no one else near
I would love a silk-lined sow's ear purse
to store my rubies in
Cowslips and dewdrops for icons of perfection
And nothing but the milky winter dawn for audience
I'd like to let the morning hear

III

To fence,
Remember energy, remember poise
If your buttocks are tight you cannot lose
A girl's butt, they've told me, is flabby and wide
So I resolved to have cheeks of leather,
Cheeks of sinew, cheeks of steel
I don't look 'em
In the eye through opening steps of the dance
I con them into thinking I know my place
I choose the nose as my focal point
And only when they're lulled to complicity
Do I switch my gaze - Ha! Engarde!
And I
Take out an eyeball with rapier stare
And caw, and caw;
And with triumphant stance
Cry, "Look, o man, I can do these things too - "
And then, buttocks tight, piercing him through,
"I can, in fact, do them better than you!"

IV

A spider, weaving, surveys her domain
"Why am I left here," she says, perplexed,
"In this lonely state of bitterness?
The men are never near
I don't think they've ever come
And I do sit and weave
I'm a listening ear
But no one comes by to lay tragedies here
Have I done it all wrong?"
And the wind lifts her web
Stretching the anchors she's made for her home
But it sighs at last
And departs
She says, little spider, returning to work,
"The men are all gone; the wind blows them free
I think a tornado would barely move me."

V

I go where the wind blows
In the morning I lie in bed
& hear it outside the window
Hurtling itself to and fro
Through a part of the world I seldom see
I go where the wind blows
But it seldom waits for me

VI

Fine, I heard him say I think as I sank
down into happiness
Have your illusions, have what you call "fun"
But don't let me hear you call it "beauty".

OTHER MOVIE REVIEWS
1920s Movie Reviews
1920 Reviews
1921 Reviews
1922 Reviews
1923 Reviews
1924 Reviews
1925 Reviews
1926 Reviews
1927 Reviews
1928 Reviews
1929 Reviews

1930s Movie Reviews
1930 Reviews
1931 Reviews
1932 Reviews
1933 Reviews
1934 Reviews
1935 Reviews
1936 Reviews
1937 Reviews
1938 Reviews
1939 Reviews

1940s Movie Reviews
1940 Reviews
1941 Reviews
1942 Reviews
1943 Reviews
1944 Reviews
1945 Reviews
1946 Reviews
1947 Reviews
1948 Reviews
1949 Reviews

1950s Movie Reviews
1950 Reviews
1951 Reviews
1952 Reviews
1953 Reviews
1954 Reviews
1955 Reviews
1956 Reviews
1957 Reviews
1958 Reviews
1959 Reviews

1960s Movie Reviews
1960 Reviews
1961 Reviews
1962 Reviews
1963 Reviews
1964 Reviews
1965 Reviews
1966 Reviews
1967 Reviews
1968 Reviews
1969 Reviews

1970s Movie Reviews
1970 Reviews
1971 Reviews
1972 Reviews
1973 Reviews
1974 Reviews
1975 Reviews
1976 Reviews
1977 Reviews
1978 Reviews
1979 Reviews

1980s Movie Reviews
1980 Reviews
1981 Reviews
1982 Reviews
1983 Reviews
1984 Reviews
1985 Reviews
1986 Reviews
1987 Reviews
1988 Reviews
1989 Reviews

1990s Movie Reviews
1990 Reviews
1991 Reviews
1992 Reviews
1993 Reviews
1994 Reviews
1995 Reviews
1996 Reviews
1997 Reviews
1998 Reviews
1999 Reviews

2000s Movie Reviews
2000 Reviews
2001 Reviews
2002 Reviews
2003 Reviews
2004 Reviews
2005 Reviews
2006 Reviews
2007 Reviews
2008 Reviews
2009 Reviews

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK of this page on www.WILDsound.ca
Re:
First Name
E-mail Address
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK of this page on www.WILDsound.ca

WILDsound continues to give you the BEST and MOST UNIQUE short films in the world today. The best of Online Free Movies! From the best of the WILDsound Film Festival in 2008

NOW - Click on the images to watch the films from the VARIOUS GENRES and YEARS!

helpimage2009 MOVIES

WATCH the best of Short Film from 2009

The best (so far) from 2009!

helpimageVIRAL MOVIES

Viral Film of the Day Everyday

Vignettes, usually on the funny side!


helpimage2008 MOVIES

WATCH the best of Short Film from 2008

From all over the world!

helpimage2007 MOVIES

WATCH the best of Short Film from 2007

Classic shorts!


helpimageDRAMA MOVIES

WATCH the best of DRAMA Short Films

Best of short film!

helpimageCOMEDY MOVIES

WATCH the best of COMEDY Films

Non-stop laughing!


helpimageHORROR MOVIES

WATCH the best of HORROR Short Films

Scary and insane!

helpimageANIMATION MOVIES

WATCH the best of ANIMATION Films

All types!


helpimageACTION MOVIES

WATCH the best of ACTION Short Films

Non-stop fun!

helpimageTHRILLER MOVIES

WATCH the best of THRILLER Films

Edge of seat!


helpimageDOCUMENTARY MOVIES

WATCH the best of DOC Short Films

Stories of today!

helpimageEXPERIMENTAL MOVIES

WATCH the best of EXPERIMENTAL Films

For everyone!


helpimageMUSICAL MOVIES

WATCH the best of MUSICAL Short Films

All kinds of music!

helpimageONE MINUTE MOVIES

WATCH the best of 1 MINUTE Films

15 sec. to 60 sec.!


ALSO WATCH BEST OF SCREENPLAYS

helpimageFEATURE SCREENPLAYS

WATCH the WINNING Screenplay Readings

1st ACT and Full Features!

helpimageTV SCREENPLAYS

WATCH the WINNING TV Scripts

Original TV PILOT and TV SPEC Screenplay Readings!


helpimageSHORT SCREENPLAYS

WATCH the WINNING Screenplay Readings

2 minute to 30 minute Readings!

helpimageONE PAGE SCREENPLAYS

WATCH the WINNING Scripts

Finalists and scripts that are now films!




Return from Poem - Ode To Beauty to home page


footer for ode to beauty page