Silent Movie: Haiku: Fairy Tales

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Haiku: Fairy Tales - ©Theda Bara

Haiku authored ©Theda Bara

He arrived riding his white steed

Bringing the diamond engagement ring

And I said yes... Even though I didn’t know what being happily ever after represents!?

13 comments:

J.P. AlexanderOctober 11, 2023 at 1:26 AM
Genial poema. Te hace pensar. Te mando un beso.
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Margarita HPOctober 11, 2023 at 10:06 AM
Una muy buena reflexión. Besos :D
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EsterOctober 11, 2023 at 10:50 AM
Para siempre es mientras dure, pero suena mejor. Te ha quedado un precioso poema
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ellieOctober 11, 2023 at 11:19 AM
Sweet poetry!
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Ирина ПолещенкоOctober 11, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Thank you, dear Theodosia!
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LuciaOctober 11, 2023 at 4:34 PM
The diamond ring didn't make her think
Good week
Hug

I can tell myself about the love (that I had)
That it is not immortal, since it is flame
But let it be infinite while it lasts
(Vinicius de Moraes)
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Jornalista Douglas MeloOctober 11, 2023 at 5:41 PM
Friend Theodosia,
Another very well-crafted Haiku, a source of much inspiration, creativity and sensitivity.
Kisses!!!
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Tomás BOctober 11, 2023 at 8:29 PM
Hay cosas que no nos dejan ver las cosas con claridad.

Saludos.
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Hada de las RosasOctober 13, 2023 at 2:37 AM
You have a lot of talent and grace to express your feelings, very beautiful poems.
Sending much love! ♡❀˖⁺. ༶ ⋆˙⊹❀♡
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LucinalvaOctober 13, 2023 at 12:11 PM
Bom dia, Theda
Linda inspiração, desejo um ótimo final de semana, bjs.
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Mário MargarideOctober 13, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Muito bem conseguido Haiku. De facto, ser feliz para sempre não existe. É uma mera utopia...
Gostei muito, amiga Theda.
Votos de um bom fim de semana!
Beijinhos.

Mário Margaride

http://poesiaaquiesta.blogspot.com
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stellaOctober 13, 2023 at 8:16 PM
Nada es para siempre, todo termina por una cosa u otra, pero mientras dura...es maravilloso
Un abrazo
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Valdelice NunesOctober 17, 2023 at 1:29 PM
Acredito que a magia do "felizes para sempre" é dizer sim. Mesmo sem compreender o que sente.
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🎬 ©Theda Bara - Silent Movie - Haiku

㋡ Haiku is a poetic form divided into three sentences of: five, seven and five syllables. This short poem of Japanese origin, was created in the 16th century and ended up becoming popular all over the world. The word HAIKU [俳句] is formed by two terms: [hai] (play, ludic) and [ku] (harmony, achievement). That is, it represents a poem of happiness and absence of conflict, and that's how I write, with joy and without getting attached to metrics. ༺⚜༻ August 19th is Haiku Day in Japan due to goroawase (numerical pun). 8 in Japanese is [hachi]➚HA; 1 is [ichi]➚I; 9 is [kyu]➚KU. And on April 17th, many people celebrate International Haiku Day.

🎬 The origin of my name

🎥 My dear paternal grandfather, Jonathan Jon Goodman (descendant of the Goodmans, from actress Theda Bara's father), in addition to being very wise, was a visionary man, because from a very young age, as soon as silent films appeared, he acquired some old theater rooms transforming them in (street) cinemas in Los Angeles, California, United States. My family has been involved in cinematic entertainment for decades and today we still have movie theaters in large shopping malls. This love for the seventh art motivated my father, who has the name Goodman in the genealogy of his ancestors, and my mother, a fan of Theda Bara, to baptize me with the name of this great silent film actress Theodosia, a name that comes from Greek culture and means: “gift from God”. I really like my name and I love old films, whether silent or not.

🎬 Flicker Flashbacks: from 1943 to 1948

🎥 Theda Bara acted in episodes (2 and 5) of the television series shown on American TV: “Flicker Flashbacks” from 1947, alongside Lionel Barrymore, directed by Richard Fleischer. Other big Hollywood stars also starred in the series: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Lon Chaney, Lillian Gish, D. W. Griffith, Harry Carey, Mabel Normand, Mae Marsh, Francis X. Bushman, Harry von Zell, Minta Durfee, Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Henry B. Walthall, Maurice Costello, Agnes Ayres, Owen Moore, Blanche Sweet, Claire McDowell, Nigel De Brulier, Robert Harron, Florence Turner, Christy Cabanne, Linda Arvidson, Marion Leonard, Harold Lockwood, Knox Manning, Arthur V. Johnson, Charles K. French, Harry Solter, George Nichols, Charles Hill Mailes, Ethel Grandin, James Kirkwood, Carol Holloway, Joseph Graybill, David Miles, Charles Inslee, Walter Miller, Charles West, Ed Brady and illusionist magician Harry Houdini.

🎬 Hollywood: The Golden Years: 1961

🎥 “Hollywood: The Golden Years”, is a silent documentary shown on American TV, directed by David L. Wolper, which reports on the lives of: Thomas Edison, Gary Cooper, Gene Kelly, Buster Keaton, Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore, Will Rogers, Clara Bow, Carole Lombard, Tom Mix, Mary Pickford, Jackie Coogan, John Barrymore, Al Jolson, Gloria Swanson, Lon Chaney, Dolores del Río, Roscoe Arbuckle, Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor, Norma Shearer, D. W. Griffith , Sessue Hayakawa, Marion Davies, John Gilbert, H. B. Warner, Ronald Colman, Wallace Beery, Pearl White, Dolores Costello, Edna Purviance, Mabel Normand, Eugene Pallette, Marie Dressler, Antonio Moreno, Mae Marsh, Ben Turpin, Mack Sennett, Florence Lawrence, William S. Hart, Francis X. Bushman, Renée Adorée, Richard Barthelmess, Vilma Bánky, Mae Murray, Wallace Reid, Henry B. Walthall, Billy Bevan, Montagu Love & Theda Bara.

🎬 The Love Goddesses: 1965

🎥 “The Love Goddesses”, is a silent documentary shown on American TV, directed by Saul Turell, which tells the lives of: Shirley Temple, Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, Rita Hayworth, Lillian Gish, Brigitte Bardot, Barbara Stanwyck, Louise Brooks, Marilyn Monroe, Agnes Ayres, Claudette Colbert, Richard Barthelmess, Clive Brook, Betty Grable, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Swanson, Horst Buchholz, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Ava Gardner, Jeanette MacDonald, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Laurence Harvey, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Myrna Loy, Gary Cooper, Hedy Lamarr, Jayne Mansfield, Montgomery Clift, Anita Ekberg, Gina Lollobrigida, Mae Marsh, Sessue Hayakawa, Carole Lombard, Maurice Chevalier , John Gilbert, Emil Jannings, Ruby Keeler, Annette Kellerman, Lya de Putti, Louise Glaum, Mae West, Hayley Mills, Mae Murray & Theda Bara.

🎬 The Woman with the Hungry Eyes: 2006

🎥 In October 2005, TimeLine Films awarded the biographical documentary: “The Woman with the Hungry Eyes”, released in early 2006, directed by Hugh Munro Neely. The film chronicles the life of cinema's first femme fatale, the vampire Theda Bara, from her Jewish childhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, to her happy retirement in Hollywood. Theda was a brilliant silent movie actress married to renowned filmmaker Charles Brabin and made more than 40 films for Fox Entertainment Group Inc., only six of which still exist.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Haiku: Fairy Tales - ©Theda Bara

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