Poetry Please! – romancing sleep

A Cradle Song ©
Calm is the sea;
Rivers are tired
As this day draws near
At the end of tether.
Sweet dreams attend
Child, sleep well;(2)
Dream shall sleep follow
As your head to pillow.
Day is well done
So are my chores;
Cradle knows too well
A Child must sleep well.
benny
( lyrics and music-benny)

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Unlearn Memory

I know not where this winding road would end;
Some wayfarer’s sure sense of the road
Had this sea of green part in twain.
I know not how this flight of clouds would end:
In tears or in peace made up? It matters
Not if some good came out of rain.
I know not where our best selves would end:
Some for [...]

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Nosferatu-1922

Director: F.W. Murnau
Genre: Costume Horror, Gothic Film, Horror
Summary:
The film that brought one of German cinema’s masters to international attention, F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922) is also one of the best screen versions of -Dracula, even if the Bram Stoker source received no credit. so much so that Stoker’s widow went to court, demanding in vain that [...]

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All About Eve-1950

Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!
Perhaps the most famous Bette Davis line, from a movie stuffed with great lines. Mankiewicz gives us acerbic dialogue, sharp and glittery as a knife throwing display. One might wonder if the lines made the actors scintillate better or the other way round. George Sanders [...]

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