Defined by colours pink for a girl blue for a boy...
Empty Faces
A Young Woman (“Antea”) by Parmigianino
Parmigianino was one of the leading painters of Palma, he also worked in Rome and Bologna. Ranking as one of the most compelling artists with a daring and readiness to confront the orthodoxies...
After the Thunderstorm by Achille-Etna Michallon
Michallon was a prodigiously talented artist who tragically died at the very young age of 25. He was the son of a sculptor and studied under Jacques-Louis David and Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. In 1817, he won the Prix de Rome for landscape painting. He studied in Italy for two years but died of pneumonia before he could develop what he had learned....
The Right Choice
Do you think it’s been easy - to face the reality the pain...
Old Ads – Chocolate
https://youtu.be/cBD3xnI5eSE https://youtu.be/ksxdrMPUAwk What has a hazelnut in every bite --- squirrel shit!!!! https://youtu.be/vF3QQWqdOQw https://youtu.be/sy461kEm4Mk https://youtu.be/xg8zphJ3Zpc https://youtu.be/roWLR28w1s4 https://youtu.be/AyNoCv9mNzY https://youtu.be/9AATTN5p30A daaaaammmmn - who needs sex????
Obeisant Love
To my own sweet love that sounds so possessive and you know I am that...
A Dream within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
Poe was a writer, editor, and critic, best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre through poetry and short stories. He was a central figure of Romanticism in the USA ...
Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was a poet, playwright, and actor. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language. Referred to as ‘the Bard’ his works include 39 plays, 154 sonnets, narrative poems, and other verses. His plays have been translated into all major languages...
It’s Caturday
Canadian Sonnet (English) Notes
Structure: 2 quatrains and 2 tripletsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abba bccb efg efg Example: Champagne Flute by Jez Farmer Two bubbles within the glass flute appearBoth born of wine to rise in time as oneFor destiny will never be outdoneAs streams of condensation swiftly clearIn icy cold sweetness we celebrateA joining the mystic eyes could … Continue reading Canadian Sonnet (English) Notes
Haiku
Form: Haiku stretching and yawning her eyes hypnotise the soul my cat wants feeding ©JGFarmer2020
Desire
Dreams of something, something more. Drifting in consciousness...
A Battle with Bipolar
Silent, my heart alone in the realm of the dead; yet my fiery spirit still burns in its desire and pleasure of pure love...
A Lonely Bell
A lonely bell will chime out today It sings a saddened air As Death, a soul has claimed her way...
5-4-3-2-1 by Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann were a rock band formed in London, UK in 1962. Named after their keyboard player, who later led the successful 1970’s group Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, the band had two lead vocalists, Paul Jones 1962-66 and Mike d’Abo 1966-69...
Zoolookologie by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jarre is a composer, performer, and record producer. He is a pioneer of electronic, ambient, and new-age genres, and well-known for his outdoor spectacular performances of music, lasers, fireworks, and visual projections...
Cewri
Idris king of mountains high His chair reaching to the sky...
Wordless Wednesday: Pride
T and F
Tea, freshly made on a Thursday afternoon and some free time in an al fresco tête-à-tête...
It Started with a Kiss
Bound and blindfolded, you are mine, nothing you can do but feel my lips on skin. Moist kisses from your eyes to your toes...
Make It Today
I feel the coldness of your touch linger Sigh, as again you tease with a finger I hunger for you dark queen, your realm I seek...
Softly Barbaric
My tenderness, the gentle nurture of touch like a delicate petal velvety soft ...
After Lockdown
You ask me what is the first thing I want After lockdown when there is no saying can’t When the world is our oyster to explore...
A Cotton Office in New Orleans by Edgar Degas
Remembered as an Impressionist, Degas was part of a group of Paris artists who exhibited together in the 1870s...
Where Without Whom by Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz was a poet and diplomat. He was awarded the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize for his work and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature...
A Child of Mine by Edgar Albert Guest
Guest was a popular poet of the early 20th century and became known as the People’s Poet. His poetry is well-known for its optimistically inspirational view on everyday life...
Flames of Mourning
The sun light wraps mortal dreams to the ground And pale flames of mourning standing alone Alone in the dawn light where the moon drowned...
It’s Caturday
Cinquain Notes
The Cinquain is a popular five-line stanza, derived from a very casual French form by Adelaide Crapsey. The five lines have specific syllable count starting with a two-syllable line and each of the following three lines increasing by two syllables and the final line is two syllables. Many poets use iambic meter, but that is … Continue reading Cinquain Notes
Reflections in Lockdown
My thoughts of love may seem in vein right now My empty bed holds no sense of that wow We share between the sheets as we drift to sleep...
The Switch
Watching you kneel in anticipation, hunger glistening on your open thighs. The crack of leather breaking the tension...
Flashback Friday: The Rolling Stones
Wrinkled Peas
It’s late as I finish typing the last word and supper sits cold on the table the rhythm of your breathing stretches ...
The Prisoner
Outside reality inside my mind The crowds of wilderness come Invading, degrading all that is...
Airforce One Theme by Jerry Goldsmith
Goldsmith was a composer and conductor best known for his work in film and television scoring. His scores include Star Trek, Logan’s Run, Planet of the Apes, The Omen, Capricorn One Gremlins and three Rambo movies...
Between Lives
Ancient soul echoes from a living world Where once my feet danced with the new born stars A child of the elements and the earth was new...
Wordless Wednesday: Bavarian Castles
Linderhof Palace Linderhof Palace Bedchamber Neuschwanstein Castle Neuschwanstein Castle Throne Room Schleissheim Palace Schleissheim Palace Marble Stiarcase
2 Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and songwriter Steve Harris...
Karma in Action
Stay home stay safe from the virus but nothing saves us from the stupidity....
By Firelight
This lockdown due to Covid-19 could be all negative, but for the purposes of my spiritual free writes I am trying to focus on the wee positives as they make a difference ...
Awakened by Instinct
Desire lies frozen like marble untouched by the sculptor my heart of ice...
Yellow Islands by Jackson Pollock
Pollock’s reputation as a pre-eminent Abstract Expressionist artist has endured long after his death. In the late 1940s he began to produce the famous drip paintings that represent one of the most original bodies of work of the 20th century with suggestions of the life force of nature and evoking Man’s entrapment in the body, in anxiety, and in the modern world...
Firestarter
As we fight we both say things we regret, the words that cut in deep to each other. Our voices raised; suddenly we forget...
RIP: Little Richard
Little Richard5 December 1932 – 9 May 2020 https://youtu.be/lQ6akiGRcL8 https://youtu.be/Cj059o9OwqY https://youtu.be/u0Ujb6lJ_mM Thank you for the music Rest In Peace
Trembling Thought
The cerements choke ideas within mind's spark As stifled thoughts conflict with ethics and truth A fight for freedom leaves emotions stark...
A Dog Has Died by Pablo Neruda
Neruda was a poet-diplomat and politician who became known as a poet at aged 13. He wrote in various styles including surrealist, and historical political...
It’s Caturday…
... yeah I know the felines think every day is Caturday as the whole world revolves round cat in their minds. https://youtu.be/ywFbpDjpZno Stay safe and well folks
Friday Frivolity: I hate Disney BUT…
Wordless Wednesday: Spring
Promote Yourself Monday, May 25, 2020
Go Dog Go Cafe’s great opportunity for bloggers to share is here again – it must be Monday. Have a fabulous week everyone
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to post one link to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
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Promote Yourself Monday, May 18, 2020
Another fabulous chance to share with other bloggers
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Promote Yourself Monday, May 11, 2020
An invitation to share words and thoughts…
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to post one link to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
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Love Letters
Ink scrawled on paper or words on a screen when it comes to love, what are they for...
