Silent Movie: Haiku: Forbidden Words

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Haiku: Forbidden Words - ©Theda Bara

Haiku and Art by ©Theda Bara — 2026

I try to write without tearing the paper
Without erasing everything from the screen
But only forbidden words come to mind!

15 comments:

Ирина ПолещенкоMay 21, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Probably every language has forbidden words. There are many such words in the Russian language.
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EsterMay 22, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Son palabra que cuando acuden lo hacen a borbotones. Muy bonito el haiku. Abrazos
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CarolinaMay 22, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Hi! I love haikus!
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anisette59May 22, 2026 at 10:44 AM
superbe article !!!!
bonne fin de semaine gros bisous 💋
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ellieMay 22, 2026 at 11:25 AM
This one made me smile!
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Jornalista Douglas MeloMay 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
My dear friend Theodosia,
A very well-conceived and elegantly humorous haiku, because who among us has never encountered the interruption of the flow of thought and been forced to stop writing because of "forbidden words" that turn into a crumpled piece of paper or a "DELETE" on the screen?
Kisses!!!
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Mário MargarideMay 22, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Olá, amiga Theda.
Às vezes assim acontece. Sem querermos escrevemos "palavras proibidas".
Gostei deste bem conseguido Haiku.

Votos de um feliz fim de semana, com tudo de bom.

Beijinhos, com carinho e amizade.

Mário Margaride

http://poesiaaquiesta.blogspot.com
https://soltaastuaspalavras.blogspot.com
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GarfieldMay 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Um haicai com palavras muito assertivas.

Nova Tirinha Publicada. 😼

Abraços 🐾 Garfield Tirinhas Oficial.
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Serena MilesMay 23, 2026 at 10:22 AM
hola
estupendo haiku con unas estupendas palabras
besotessssssssss
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LoveT.May 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM

Good haiku. I know that situation too.

Kisses
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AnankaMay 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Good one! :-D
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Tomás BMay 23, 2026 at 7:14 PM
He visto que no había comentado no solo las de esta semana que estuve de viaje, esto no solo me ocurrio con tus publicaciones.
Las de hoy y la de la semana pasada me han parecido unos versos muy ingeniosos.
Esa actriz seguro que lograra su estrella en el paseo de la fama, debido su juventud.

Saludos.
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Pedro Luso de CarvalhoMay 24, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Olá, amiga, gostei muito deste seu excelente haicai.
Um ótimo domingo com saúde e paz.
Fraterno abraço.
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Maria RodriguesMay 24, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Precious Haiku!
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🌺 Hada de las Rosas 🌺May 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I love your funny haiku lol
Big kisses dear friend 🌼
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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) movie theater 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.

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Haiku: Forbidden Words - ©Theda Bara

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