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Haiku
Ticking By
Days spent in nine-to-five watching the seconds tick by wish time would go faster to the end of the working day and the years pass by in the days of free time...
The Thankless Art of Painting
Utrillo’s life could not have been a more Bohemian one. For many the romantic concept of la vie bohème was living a life in Paris of the late-19th and early-20th century but far less dazzling in its reality. The son of Suzanne Valadon, a former circus performer turned artist model and avant garde artist Utrillo never knew his father. Rumours abound that it could have been anyone from Puvisde Chavannes to Renoir to Boissy...
Persepolis Sonnet Notes
Created by: Leny RooversStructure: Octave and sestetMeter: Octave 11 syllable lines, Sestet decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aabbccdd efgefg Example Taking Chances by Jez Farmer A doorway to where, a mystery to goA ready-made adventure and who’s to knowWhat lies just beyond this, an unopened doorI don’t know as I haven’t been there beforeYet anticipation tingles … Continue reading Persepolis Sonnet Notes
A Question of Heaven by Iced Earth
The time is close now, the end is near My walk through the valley, trails of fear I feel empty, my penance overdue, I guess it's too late now to be with you I'm extremely frightened of what will surely be I sold myself, the death of me I know you can't forgive me I know I'm on my own, I've betrayed you I walk alone...
Quiet Life by Japan
Boys, now the times are changing The going could get rough Boys, would that ever cross your mind Boys, are you contemplating Moving out somewhere Boys, will you ever find the time?...
Beauty in Flowers
On summer days as I gaze on the garden flowers I see you in every bud every blossom...
Departure by Henry Van Dyke
Oh, why are you shining so bright, big Sun, And why is the garden so gay? Do you know that my days of delight are done, Do you know I am going away? If you covered your face with a cloud, I 'd dream You were sorry for me in my pain, And the heads of the flowers all bowed would seem To be weeping with me in the rain...
Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev
https://youtu.be/oZ5WMZUbKy4 Peter and the Wolf1936Orchestral Sergei Prokofiev Sergei ProkofievClassicalBorn: 23 April 1891, Sontsivka, UkraineNationality: RussianDied: 5 March 1953, Moscow, Russia Prokofiev was a composer, pianist and conductor. He is considered one of the major composers of the 20th century as the creator of accredited masterpieces across a variety of genres. His works include the ballet … Continue reading Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev
Tetra
TetraMedia: Graphite on paper Tetra --- Jez Farmer 2021 ©JG Farmer 2021
Cleopatra Flesh by Jules Olitski
Cleopatra Flesh by Jules Olitski Cleopatra Flesh1962Colour field PaintingSynthetic polymer paint on canvasThe Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA ‘Cleopatra Flesh’ is a stain painting, exemplifying Olitski’s early works as a member of the Colour Field movement. The artist poured diluted paint onto a large canvas to create its bold and simple composition. The … Continue reading Cleopatra Flesh by Jules Olitski
In Love’s Consummation
How are we divided since we have kissed Are we not now two souls united as one Is there some deed or word love I have missed? And like paper cats shredded and undone...
Hyper Sonnet Notes
Created by: Marnie KanarekStructure: Four triplets and a coupletMeter: varied meterRhyme scheme: axa axa xaa xaa aaExtra Notes: A chain of four tercets wherethe first line is iambic pentameter,second line is iambic tetrameter,and third line is iambic trimeter,and ending with an iambic pentameter couplet Example It’s Our Fault by Jez Farmer Only the ancient ones … Continue reading Hyper Sonnet Notes
Haiku
Form: Haiku harmonies of bluegentle waves and tidal roarseas carry the soul ©JGFarmer2021
The Runes: Lagu
Encompassing the elements of water, Lagu deals with emotions. It teaches patience rather than rushing in and forcing an issue in an attempt to have what we desire before the time is right. Interpretation In its upright position, Lagu is a caution to wait for things to come or develop, rather than forcing the desired … Continue reading The Runes: Lagu
The Ant-Eater by Roald Dahl
Some wealthy folks from U.S.A., Who lived near San Francisco Bay, Possessed an only child called Roy, A plump and unattractive boy - Half-baked, half-witted and half-boiled, But worst of all, most dreadfully spoiled. Whatever Roy desired each day, His father bought him right away -...
Innuendo
The open sea and the long sandy shore That lie beneath the moon’s silvery glow As gentle waves ripple to find their roar...
Birth by Kenneth Noland
Birth by Kenneth Noland Birth1961Post-Painterly AbstractionOil on canvasSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA Noland focuses on the relational qualities of the three colours as well as contrasting the vibrant hard-edged rings with their neutral background rather than creating an illusion of depth for ‘Birth’. As the title suggests the circle is the universal symbol … Continue reading Birth by Kenneth Noland
Little Gift
His eyes cast along the well-trodden road But always she was there within his gaze As into his camera her eyes glowed...
Night Ride by Brian Easdale
https://youtu.be/KRSf6cHn4wU Night Ride1948Film and TV Brian Easdale Brian EasdaleOpera, Film and TV, Orchestral, ChoralBorn: 10 August 1909, Manchester, UKNationality: EnglishDied: 30 October 1995, London, UK Easdale was a composer of operatic, orchestral, film, and choral music. He was best known for his film music including Black Narcissus(1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Battle of … Continue reading Night Ride by Brian Easdale
Timepiece
TimepieceMedia: Graphite on paper Timepiece --- Jez Farmer 2021 ©JG Farmer 2021
Diamantes
Mystery Cryptic, secret Misleading, confusing, eluding Hoodwink, confound; bamboozle, perplex...
Cajun Lady Blues
Release your voice dear saxophone, Caress my soul with fingers of jazz. Openness slurs on a trombone In soft tones of shiraz....
Bina Notes
Created by Bob Newman, the Bina takes the general idea of the Sestina from the six-line stanzas to a two line stanza form. As with the sestina isosyllabic lines are preferable.The Bina uses an end of word pattern and a closing envoy, therefore it gives usThe following schematicWord 1Word 2 Word 2Word 1 Envoy: Word … Continue reading Bina Notes
Praying for Time by George Michael
These are the days of the open hand They will not be the last Look around now These are the days of the beggars and the choosers...
Petals
Once when my rose bloomed her petals were silken white and her beauty held my heart in wonder her laughter sparkled like fizzy champagne spilling over the rim of the glass enchanting all it touched with sweetness entwined with the scent of my delicate white rose...
Haiku
Form: Haiku this night of darknessas frost grips upon the earththe sun is reborn ©JGFarmer2021
Daisy Bell by Harry Dacre
https://youtu.be/_kd-xg2VZnk Daisy Bell1892Music Hall Harry Dacre Harry DacreMusic HallBorn: September 1857, Isle of ManNationality: BritishDied: 16 July 1922, London, UK Dacre was a songwriter best known for his song ‘Daisy Bell’. Born Frank Dean he chose to use the pen-names Harry Dacre or Henry Decker. Dacre’s first successful song was ‘The Ghost of Benjamin Binns.’ … Continue reading Daisy Bell by Harry Dacre
Haiku
Form: Haiku circles revolvingin patterns with no designthe motion of life ©JGFarmer2021
Night Visitation
Flowing streams cascading over The sterile whiteness of my mind Wrapped in shrouds of a bedcover For sleeping chains are like a bind....
Apple Harvest by Paul Sérusier
Apple Harvest by Paul Sérusier Apple Harvest1891SynthesismOil on canvasPrivate Collection ‘Apple Harvest’ is a tripartite depiction of the progression of life. By using three panels, Sérusier has explicitly referred to the traditional structure of a triptych. Three different aspects of rural female life are represented; a woman nursing her child, women gathering apples, and women … Continue reading Apple Harvest by Paul Sérusier
Tiger
TigerMedia: Graphite on paper Tiger -- Jez Farmer 2021 ©JG Farmer 2021
Damien by Iced Earth
So the beast resides in me Deep down I always knew I never really did fit in So diverse from all of you Let him who comprehends Know the number of the beast It's a number of a man A number just for me...
It’s Our Fault
Only the ancient ones recall clear skies And the fluffy white clouds that drift Slowly on breezy sighs....
Sonnetina Quatro Notes
The Sonnetina Quatro comprises of two stanzas, a sestet and a quatrain. Although it is usual to work with the sestet first followed by the quatrain, they may appear either way aroundRhyme Scheme: ababab cdcd or abab cdcdcd Example Tattered Ears by Jez Farmer A memory of the lost and foundHidden by years of growing … Continue reading Sonnetina Quatro Notes
Because the Night
I yearn for the long shadows of twilight While the summer sun rages up on high For the cool of night waited for through heat On the horizon dusk comes into sight...
Alice’s Wonderland
Sweet Alice she follows the white rabbit whilst tripping through looking glass walkways Not a sister but trapped in a habit she is a lassie of the nightly days...
Haiku
Form: Haiku season’s turn slowlyon time’s expanding ripplescircles spread outward ©JGFarmer2021
Ode by John Dryden
Thou youngest Virgin Daughter of the skies, Made in the last promotion of the blest; Whose palms, new-plucked from Paradise, In spreading branches more sublimely rise, Rich with immortal green, above the rest:....
We are the time. We are the famous by Jorge Luis Borges
We are the time. We are the famous metaphor from Heraclitus the Obscure. We are the water, not the hard diamond, the one that is lost, not the one that stands still...
Paragoge
The lines that rhyme in poetry are male and female like you and me...
Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar
https://youtu.be/OPhkZW_jwc0 Cello Concerto1919Classical Edward Elgar Edward ElgarClassical, OrchestralBorn: 2 June 1857, Worcestershire, UKNationality: EnglishDied: 23 February 1934, Worcestershire, UK Elgar was a composer known for his works that have entered many English and International classical repertoires. Amongst his most famous compositions are orchestral works such as the Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance Marches, and concertos … Continue reading Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar
Haiku
Form: Haiku the points of interestartist’s paint onto canvasnow viewed in rushes ©JGFarmer2021
Justification
Those dreams cascading in delicate purple flowers purified by frustrated thoughts and fabulous habits...
#Writephoto – It Starts Boxing Day
Bags secreted in cupboards on Boxing Day before Auld Lang Syne has been sung...
In Her Kiss
In Her Kiss
Form: Roundelay
The first, a soft exploration,
That asks without exploitation,
Are we ready for all of this?
My lady holds me in her kiss.
The sleeping senses slowly wake,
As nerve endings begin to ache,
Our souls unite in love’s twist
My lady holds me in her kiss.
A simple caress upon lips,
That leads to our sensual eclipse,
As love placates the heart’s abyss
My lady holds me in her kiss
©JGFarmer2012
Sort of OK
Sort of OK
Form: Roundel
The usual grin to hide the long held pain
A smile disguised the grief hidden within,
Inside the heart is falling to insane,
The usual grin.
A cloaking device to keep the truth in,
And let none see the simple smile is feign
As tears return for all that might have been.
So with the dawn the pain returns again,
And through the day until the dreams begin,
Whether the sun shines or clouds cry with rain,
The usual grin!
©JGFarmer2009
carpet of leaves among the trees
Wordless Wednesday – Harvest Wreath
To those in the U.S. observing Thanksgiving tomorrow, I wish you a warm and pleasant holiday!
In Marriage by the Witch’s Gate
“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires”. – William Shakespeare
My love, my love your all I ever see.
My heart beats in my ear, my eye will not see shadow, or color near. Oh, thought you have left me, tongue you cannot cry or speak. For I am a lost, consumed by faire fire and light, devoured by the craft of those sounds that cannot speak. And I must know you….
By the witch’s gate, in the sea of reeds, breath of female love, gives me mystery.Oh,you are the stars ofBabylon, with your eyes so green, mother to our magic children, born from matter drawn from we. On the salty tides, with a crown of leaves. On the grace that brings a shutter, let me fall upon one knee. Let me go forth now, pronounce my love of all of thee. By the…
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Sir Knight
Sir Knight
Form: Rictameter
Theme: Love
Subject: Queen’s Knight
Defend
My lady, Sir,
My knight and man at arms,
Within this loving heart of mine
Hold her safe as is my gentleman’s vow
Her honour is mine to protect
So lend me your strength, Sir,
She is mine to
Defend
©JGFarmer2021
Redirection
Redirection
Form: Roundel
Where love can grow, a place to mediate
Where kind caring love moments swiftly flow
A masterpiece at times and a place to hesitate
Where love can grow
Lessons galore to heed be they complex or know
However lonely a place filled with treasured state
Briefly lost in strange land hunting a safe plateau
Finding more safe places of loving times with mate
Fantasies or rude awakenings we all must forgo
Imagine the world changing and everyone had fate;
Where love can grow
©JGFarmer2017
Hypnosis
Hypnosis
Form: Roundel
Siren sing for me, hypnotize my mind,
Enchanted words afloating on the sea,
Entranced thy beauty questing heart must find,
Siren, sing to me.
Your song shall lead me to where're you be,
My stolen heart was surly left behind,
When you first sang upon the wind to me.
How can such beauty be so cruel and unkind?
Enraptured, alas I shall ne'er be free,
A soul bereft, only your song reminds,
Siren, sing to me!
©JGFarmer2009
Empty Shelves
Empty Shelves
Form: Quintilla
Theme: Selfishness
Subject: A cupboard
In times of plenty yet none share
Full cupboards may as well be bare
What is this world that we speak of
When money means far more than love
And nobody bothers to care
©JGFarmer2021
Friday happy dance
American Kestrel — Our Smallest Falcon — Sonoran Images
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. The American Kestrel ranks among my favorite species to photograph. Kestrels are exciting birds. They are high strung: they never sit still for more than a few seconds at a time and they often provide the photographer […]American … Continue reading American Kestrel — Our Smallest Falcon — Sonoran Images
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