Poetry month again

[teyla]

It's still poetry month, right? *checks calender* Yeah ;).

Anyone of you know Identity? Great, great movie.

As I was going up the stair
I met a man, who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away.

~ William Hughes Mearns

Comments

[elicia8.livejournal.com]

This is used in Identity? That's cool.

I have this framed on my wall, so I see it every day. I didn't know it was in the movie, though. I'll have to watch again.

[teyla]

It's used in the very beginning. Malcolm (the psychopath's name was Malcolm, wasn't it?) recites it to his therapist (I think. It's been some time since I've seen the movie).

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

ohhh coool poem. I love it, never heard of it before... thanks so much for sharing! that goes on my poem-hall-of-fame!

[(Anonymous)]

I read it first quoted in Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher", and I was like OMGBestPoemEver (aside from "The Raven" ;) ).

And I was predictably overjoyed to hear it being used in Identity ^^.

[teyla]

Meme to self: Must remember to log on when surfing on LJ via the uni computers.