Haiku Ode to Action Cinema: Poetry on Screen

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Haiku gives respect

Action films elevated

Ten classic movies

 

RoboCop

Resurrected man

Visions of a life now gone

The name is Murphy

Terminator

Tech-noir nightmare art

Hell arrives from the future

Harlan Ellison

Predator

Invisible beast

Screaming souls in the jungle

Ugly mother-fu…

Out for Justice

Seagal talks Brooklish

Anybody seen Richie?

Excess violence

Aliens

Xenomorph plague

Can’t trust the company

Game over, man! Game over!

Highlander

Can be only one

Decapitation ensues

Who wrote this bullshit?

Road House

Double-Deuce Saloon

Best bouncer in the business

Giggle at the corpse

Conan the Barbarian (1982!!!)

Nietzsche quote to start

Fire and wind come from the sky

The riddle of steel

Die Hard

Big Corporation

Yippie-ki-yay, mother-fu…

Euro-terrorist

Point Break

Can’t trust the surfies,

Dead presidents stealing big

Extreme sports with guns

Comments

11 responses to “Haiku Ode to Action Cinema: Poetry on Screen”

  1. intoxannals Avatar

    !! Aliens and RoboCop are my fave movies and coincidently, my favorite of your haikus.

    1. Curnblog Avatar

      Glad you like them! Great blog by the way – tackling some incredibly sensitive areas in a thoughtful and insightful way.

      1. intoxannals Avatar

        Thanks man, you have an effortless and engaging writing style and I’m loving the commentary.

  2. junkieintheattic Avatar

    So cool, really connected with the Aliens one.

    1. Curnblog Avatar

      Thanks – glad you enjoyed them!

  3. Franz Patrick Avatar

    Having been recently revisited “Aliens,” when I read your last line for that haiku, I read it in Bill Paxton’s voice. lol

    1. Curnblog Avatar

      Hehehe. Something about that line sticks in your head forever…

  4. yewnique Avatar
    yewnique

    Have watched only two
    Action films not my cuppa
    But I like haiku

    1. Curnblog Avatar

      The next time around
      Perhaps another genre
      Science fiction films?

  5. frommherrtzueternity Avatar

    Written like a modern day Kobayashi Issa.

    1. Curnblog Avatar

      Hahaha. A rainy day…