A Collection of Haiku Inspired by Films: Volume One
Occasionally when watching a film, certain phrases jump out to me and as such I note them down and turn them into haiku. Here’s a selection of some I’ve written recently:
‘Goodbye Dragon Inn’
Technicolor ghosts
Remnants of an age long past
Searching for an end
‘La Belle et La Bete’
Candles extinguished
Lost souls glide through lonely halls
Love can break the curse
‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’
Destructive people
Institutions built on lies
A life barely lived
‘Tropical Malady’
Love is a Clash tape
A sleep fuelled by desire
Dreaming of tigers
‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’
Conservative dreams
It’s just a jump to the left
Self liberation
‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’
A tragedy looms
Cigarettes slowly dimming
Fire walk with me
‘Videodrome’
The body is free
Annexation of the mind
Long live the new flesh
‘Lady Snowblood’
Winter’s umbrella
A song of vengeance answered
Pure white, stained blood red
‘Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo’
Rebellion of youth
A chance to become something
Struck down by the pigs
‘Hana-Bi’
Existence is short
Yet, the soul is eternal
Pain hides behind joy
