Midnight/Dawn, Friday, 15 July 2016

1.This Tarzan thinks King

      By JC Nigado

            A film review in free verse: The Legend of Tarzan (2016),

directed by David Yates, and starring Alexander Skarsgard and

Margot Robbie (Village Roadshow Pictures/Warner Bros.).

           This Tarzan thinks King

           And walks fast with rightful fury,

Of genius abs, a hunk on feet, 

Where Nature feels first                                                                     

And might thrives high,

According to the gospel of David.

The care of the Congo vast,

Of dear land and Blixen’s natives

That she and Alexander call home.

Jungle mad, gravely savaged,

Slaved by the Belgian Thief

And his industry of greed and death.

Stones may gen forever,                                 

And love may last, but whence?                   

A royalty swings to the divine                  

His treasure beginnings and kin,                           

Brooding farm, forest and friends                                     

King of the wild, Lord of the world.                     

                                                                            

From trees to flying trees                               

They shoot the graphic invaders blank,                        

To their shameless grave and sail.                                                                                                                                        

A Lady on par brave

Margot’s Jane delivers an heir

An Africa image of three continents,

To fit the continuing legend,

Of a continuous creation in film

Far greater than First Great.

Tarzan or John Clayton or Skarsgard

Lord Greystoke fair and true, just and loving

He climbs, and his Mother was an Ape.

Tagurabong City, Philippines