A Lady As She

A Lady As She

i saw a lady as she walked she walked with grace flowers fall like confetti petals o’er pavement, like slow snow she walked with purpose i saw a lady as she approached she spoke with care yet still mine heart did burst into flame the fire in my chest, like a...
Night Mail

Night Mail

This is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters for the poor, The shop at the corner and the girl next door. Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb: The gradient’s against her, but she’s on...
Beautiful Snow

Beautiful Snow

O the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and the earth below! Over the house-tops, over the street, Over the heads of the people you meet, Dancing, Flirting, Skimming along. Beautiful snow! it can do nothing wrong. Flying to kiss a fair lady’s cheek;...
Now, Voyager

Now, Voyager

The untold want by life and land ne’er granted, Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find. The film takes it’s title from Walt Whitman’s The Untold Want (complete above), and the voyager of the title is played by Bette Davis. The nature of her...
La Bonne Chanson

La Bonne Chanson

The morning sun serenely warms and gilds The rye and corn still damp in dewy fields, The sky has kept the freshness of the night. One wanders out just for the sake of it, Beside the river with dim yellow weeds, Along a grass path edged by alder-trees. The air is...
The Secret People

The Secret People

Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget, For we are the people of England, that never has spoken yet. There is many a fat farmer that drinks less cheerfully, There is many a free French peasant who is richer and sadder than we. There are no folk in the...