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Pinter - a tribute


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Frank E Gibbard
Posted

Writer Harold Pinter, a sublime caretaker

Of language exited the stage he graced.

No more birthday parties ... time for a wake

For this master of speech and due silences.

...

...

In sympathy, to be Pinteresque, I should end soon.

Cut the blather.

Curtain and silence falls.

 

 

(for a great Briton)

For reference 2 of Pinter's plays were The Caretaker and The Birthday Party. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The term Pinteresque was coined for his sparse style of dialogue.

goldenlangur
Posted

Hello Frank,

 

 

Very well put:

 

Cut the blather.

Curtain and silence falls.

 

 

Your poem chimes well with the recent tribute to Pinter in the World Service News.

 

 

 

goldenlangur

goldenlangur

 

 

Even a single enemy is too many and a thousand friends too few - Bhutanese saying.

Aleksandra
Posted

Nice dedicated poem, Frank.

 

These lines are powerful and moving:

 

No more birthday parties ... time for a wake

For this master of speech and due silences.

 

Well done.

 

Aleksandra

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth - Jean Cocteau

History of Macedonia

 

 

Posted

I'm not familiar with the writer (thanks for the footnote!), but I think your poem epitomizes him well:

No more birthday parties ... time for a wake ...

How Pinteresque!

 

Tony

Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic

Frank E Gibbard
Posted

Thanks guys. I was incredibly proud when he got the big prize. So sad now he is gone. Frank

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