Tim Ryerson's Blog
 Retired from the printing business in 2011...now happily living in Ponchatoula, LA close to my wonderful (and enormous) family. The bio picture is me holding one of my six great-grandchildren...I spoil all of them rotten because that's my job.
My goal is to write a halfway decent poem sometime...My favorite poets are Robert Frost and Edward Arlington Robinson
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Most Recent Blog Post
My Favorite Movies - Favorite Movie Scenes
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Blog Posted:11/17/2012 6:40:00 AM
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I had such a blast the last time I did a movie blog I couldn’t help but do it again…This time I’m narrowing it down to favorite movie scenes…here are a few of mine…feel free to jump in!
Horror: The scene of the Exorcist (Max von Sydow) answering the call a second time… standing in the foggy street facing the house of the demon…flash to the demon’s eyes…wild with terror…they had met before….
Horror: The bathroom scene in The Shining…the back and forth between Jack and Grady in an orange, brightly lit bathroom…Grady ‘accidentally’ spills a drink on Jack and insists on taking him to the bathroom to clean it up…Grady starts out as a polite, fawning waiter dabbing off Jack’s coat…when Jack recognizes him and accuses him of being the caretaker, he at first politely denies it…”I’m sorry sir, I’m afraid I don't recall”…when Jack insists, Grady’s character takes an evil turn …”I beg to differ with you sir,…but… YOU are the caretaker. You have always BEEN the caretaker….I should know sir, because I… have always been here”….SHIVER ME TIMBERS!!
Adventure: The partly improvised scene in ‘Jaws’ of Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfus and Roy Schneider on Quint’s boat getting drunk and showing off their scars, etc…Schneider asks Shaw (Quint) “What’s that one?”… Quint reluctantly proceeds (with a wide, pained grin) to relate his story of being on the USS Indianapolis in WWII…Shaw was awesome…the second coming of Captain Ahab…one of the best screen performances ever in my opinion
Crime drama: Al Pacino’s calm, vicious confrontation with brother-in-law Carlo about the death of Sonny in The Godfather …”Ah, that little farce you played with my sister, you think that could fool a Corleone?"....“Only don’t tell me you’re innocent…because it insults my intelligence…and makes my very angry”…When Carlo confesses, Pacino calmly and matter-of-factly takes back the drink he gave him…”Good, there’s a car outside waiting to take you to the airport”
Suspense: The brutal scene in ‘Deliverance’ …It finally dawns on Ned Beatty and John Voight what the hillbillies’ true intentions are …Not the rape scene itself…just the awful realization…I recall an uneasy murmur in the audience… “Oh no…they’re not going to do THAT are they?”
Comedy: No contest here in my opinion…’The lemonade vendor scene’ in Duck Soup featuring Chico and Harpo Marx…The clip can easily be found on the internet…
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 5/18/2013 | Commercial Slam - Part II | Light Poetry | funny,how i feel, |
| 5/16/2013 | The Day I Saw the Earth Move | Choka | nature, |
| 5/15/2013 | Tale of the Tiger | Tanka | sports, |
| 5/15/2013 | How I | Senryu | hate,love,lust, |
| 5/13/2013 | Different Strokes for Different Folks | Free verse (vers libre) | racism, |
| 5/13/2013 | All Kinds of Abuse | List | relationship, |
| 5/11/2013 | No Tomorrow | Free verse (vers libre) | life,philosophy, |
| 5/10/2013 | More Good Lyrics - See Blog | Lyric | music, |
| 5/9/2013 | Never Meant | Senryu | love,lust, |
| 5/8/2013 | Anything and Everything: My Heart Desires | Free verse (vers libre) | life, |
| 5/8/2013 | Jonah | Monorhyme | life,religious, |
| 5/7/2013 | Somewhat Repetitive Fickle Foolish Footles | Footle | funny,giggle,life, |
| 5/6/2013 | Sweet Silver Blue | Kyrielle | lost love, |
| 4/14/2013 | Ego Elevator | Limerick | funny,girl, |
| 4/14/2013 | First Stirrings | Choka | girl,passion, |
| 4/14/2013 | On Troubled Shores | Haiku | nature, |
| 4/12/2013 | The Box by the Bed | Free verse (vers libre) | grief,loss, |
| 4/12/2013 | Wild Hair | Light Poetry | nostalgia, |
| 4/11/2013 | Sight, Scent and Sound | Haiku | nature, |
| 4/11/2013 | Coming Out of the Cage | Light Poetry | animal,funny, |
| 4/10/2013 | Comfortable Silence | Senryu | life,love, |
| 4/9/2013 | Where the Wind Blows | Narrative | natural disasters,nature, |
| 4/8/2013 | Even MORE Somewhat Twisted Thoughts of the Day | Light Poetry | funny,me,day,horse,love,m |
| 4/6/2013 | Worry-Wart | Senryu | funny,life, |
| 4/5/2013 | Life and Death Re-write | Tanka | death,life,family,family, |
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Fav Poems
| Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| The Sowing | Free verse (vers libre) | devotion |
| A "Brush" with Horror | Limerick | funny |
| The Ice Enchantress | Blank verse | fantasy,sea,seasons |
| Kiss Me | Light Poetry | passion |
| Dearest | Rhyme | devotion,faith,mother,upl |
| He's Their Grandpa | Free verse (vers libre) | dedication,husband, |
| Causalities of War | Elegy | death,war |
| Christmas Miracle in the Ghetto (Co-written with John Moses Freeman) | Narrative | family,holiday,hope,uplif |
| Immortality | Free verse (vers libre) | dedicationheart,music,hea |
| A Boston Tea Party Prelude | Free verse (vers libre) | lost lovehusband,husband, |
| Alliums Cloud My Heart | Lanterne | introspection |
| I want your SEEDS | Free verse (vers libre) | adventure,funny,old,old, |
| Sleeves of the Soul | Free verse (vers libre) | depression,imagination, |
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