Movie Quotes Poem

     Practicing poetry writing one night, I wanted to see if I could string something together that was composed almost entirely of movie quotes; the literary version of those awesome mashup videos that leave you amazed at the editing. This concept certainly needs more work in order to make sense, but it was fun to do.
     Quotes from, in order, the Rocky series, While You Were Sleeping, Spider-Man, A Bug's Life, A League of Their Own, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Big Green, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Field of Dreams, The Breakfast Club, The Outsiders and the Toy Story series.

Yo, Adrian!

You’re born into a family. You do not join them like you do the Marines.

Uncle Ben used to say with great power comes great responsibility…

First rule of leadership: Everything is your fault…

But there’s no crying in baseball!

Humans are odd….they try to control what won’t be. But there is grace in their failings.

So, what’s next? Something good? Something bad? A little bit of both?

People only say goodbye when they plan on saying hello again.

This is the West. When the facts become legend, you print the legend.

…If you build it, he will come.

We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all,

So stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold,

To infinity and beyond.