Tom Pontac: An Astonishingly Cleaver Versifier

“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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