Tuesday, November 04, 2025
SOME OF MY FAVORITE MOVIE MOMENTS
BY DONOVAN BALDWIN
Some of my favorite movie moments are not the ones most people remember... or even know of... or notice.
In Cannery Row, The Seer, played by Sunshine Parker, looks out over the Monterey Bay as a horn wails in the background...
Sticks in my mind.
Hand movements have their moments.
In "The Four Musketeers" (1974), Charlton Heston, as Cardinal Richelieu, dismisses someone completely, finally, and powerfully with a negligent wave of his fingers.
I was reminded of this scene by watching Lionel Atwill as Professor Moriarity in "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" (1942), exercising the same level of power and command with a simple twitch of his fingers.
I saw Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes) in person in the early 1960's and watched him wrap a room full of teenagers around HIS fingers, with just simple gestures and a command of voice, language, and story. With a few words, he transported the room to 221b Baker Street, London, on a foggy night in the late 1800's. In fact, I'll never forget the girl behind me who started out bored, writing a letter, who, within moments was listening intently, the pen dangling from HER fingers.
Power and presentation, and lasting impression, does not always demand bombast or even strength.
Sometimes even the simplest of moments, of actions, exercise the greatest power over us.
Sometimes our most powerful influences are the result of our quietest and most heartfelt beliefs... and most deeply ingrained within ourselves.
Just some errant thoughts.
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| DONOVAN BALDWIN |
In Cannery Row, The Seer, played by Sunshine Parker, looks out over the Monterey Bay as a horn wails in the background...
Sticks in my mind.
Hand movements have their moments.
In "The Four Musketeers" (1974), Charlton Heston, as Cardinal Richelieu, dismisses someone completely, finally, and powerfully with a negligent wave of his fingers.
I was reminded of this scene by watching Lionel Atwill as Professor Moriarity in "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" (1942), exercising the same level of power and command with a simple twitch of his fingers.
I saw Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes) in person in the early 1960's and watched him wrap a room full of teenagers around HIS fingers, with just simple gestures and a command of voice, language, and story. With a few words, he transported the room to 221b Baker Street, London, on a foggy night in the late 1800's. In fact, I'll never forget the girl behind me who started out bored, writing a letter, who, within moments was listening intently, the pen dangling from HER fingers.
Power and presentation, and lasting impression, does not always demand bombast or even strength.
Sometimes even the simplest of moments, of actions, exercise the greatest power over us.
Sometimes our most powerful influences are the result of our quietest and most heartfelt beliefs... and most deeply ingrained within ourselves.
Just some errant thoughts.
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Sunday, November 02, 2025
CAME TO ME NAKED, AND OTHER POEMS BY DONOVAN BALDWIN, NOVEMBER 2, 2025
BY DONOVAN BALDWIN
came to me naked
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| DONOVAN BALDWIN |
your body and soul laid bare
trusting in my love
all that you hid behind
cast aside so i could see
desires wants and needs
so bravely revealed
how could i not fall in love
with one so much like me
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two secret lovers
touch each other with hot words
saved and repeated
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learning to love you
before seeing or touching
could be how it should be
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just love the poet
there's no need to love the man
his time's almost done
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treats no tricks says she
as she sits upon my knee
wearing eve's costume
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ere this angel fell
stole eve from the devil's arms
to love forever
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lovers cannot touch
comparing their dreams amid
ghosts of dead roses
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bathing in his words
bravely exposing herself
untamed she rises
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i'm not one to love
ragged shell of what i was
just my mind still young
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old age catches up
slowly body succumbs to
time's relentless tide
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never a boyfriend
or a lover at this age
just an old poet
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hurry and wake love
so many sins we desire
await our passion
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gown of see-through words
corset of sheer poetry
poet's boudoir pic
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a passionate glow
illuminates as we explore
our fiery secrets
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i helpless hopeless
time rolls inexorably
destroying all dreams
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briefly she was here
wrapping her words around mine
and left me echoes
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can't we just share joy
the pleasure of each other
love all that matters
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modern streets not troy
no helen she but human
yet i fight for her
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