“Mr. Pontac is an Astonishingly Cleaver Versifier whose short, terse and witty lines capture the plot essence of everybody’s favorite movie.”
Steve Allen, comedian, author and songwriter

“Tom Pontac was a Surprise I never expected. He definitely has The Gift. Where did he come from?”
Marshall Baher, lyricist, songwriter, composer of “Once Upon A Mattress”

© 2014 Tom Pontac

DEDICATED TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY THE STORIES AND IMAGES OF THE MOVIES AND NEED ONLY A JOYFUL HINT OF THEIR ESSENCE TO ‘PLAY THEM AGAIN’ ON THE FLICKERING SCREENS OF OUR MINDS, IMAGINATIONS AND MEMORIES..

WITHIN THE DARK,
UPON THE SCREEN
IS OUR
IMAGINATION SEEN
THE FUTURE’S TIMES
AND AGES PAST,
FORBIDDEN LOVES,
AN ENDLESS CAST
OF HEROS, COWARDS,
DREAMS AND DUST,
OF SAINTS AND SINNERS
VIRTUE, LUST,
OF SONGS AND LIGHTS,
OF WRONGS AND RIGHTS,
OF LIES REVEALED,
OF LOVE’S DELIGHTS
WE OFFER YOU
THIS PANOPLY:
100 YEARS OF
HISTORY
100 POEMS
TO HELP YOU FIND
YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES,
IN YOUR MIND.....

TO MY WIFE, JEANNE, WITH LOVE, FOR ALL HER LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT, AND JAN MARSHALL, LOVING FRIEND, WHO ALWAYS BELIEVED I COULD DO IT!

1. Citizen Kane
A giant gate
A foggy dew
Reveals the
Castle Xanadu
A lighted pane,
A lonely room,
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