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https://youtu.be/loFDn94oZJ0 WarAlbum: Rastaman VibrationDate: 1976Genre: ReggaeArtist: Bob Marley Bob Marley Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. He was one of the pioneers of reggae and renowned for fusing reggae, ska, and rocksteady. With his distinctive vocals and songwriting, Bob Marley’s music increased Jamaican music’s visibility worldwide.
Form: Haiku once soft under feetdry grass scratchy between toessummer longs for rain ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Oh-HumMedia: Oil on canvas board Oh-Hum --- JezieG 2022 ©JezzieGFarmer 2022
Salon Hödler by Louise Lawler Salon Hödler1992PaperweightPaperweight (silver dye bleach print, crystal, felt)Metro Pictures, New York, USA “Salon Hödler” is an example of how Lawler recirculates her earlier photographs by presenting them in varying alternative forms and allows the viewer to become aware of the evolving nature of the image in both meaning and how … Continue reading Salon Hödler by Louise Lawler
Hidden secret living with fear Would anyone notice if I wasn’t there...
Picture for Women by Jeff Wall Picture for Women1979PhotographyCibachrome transparency mounted on a lightboxThe Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France In his photograph “Picture for Women” Wall continues his investigation of the 19th-century painting within a contemporary photograph. The photograph depicts a reflection of a sparse studio room simply furnished with metallic office-style chairs and a … Continue reading Picture for Women by Jeff Wall
https://youtu.be/dQsjAbZDx-4 FernandoAlbum: FernandoDate: 1976Genre: Pop Abba Abba Abba are a pop group formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. One of the most successful groups of all time they became one of the best-selling acts in popular music history
https://youtu.be/Mvh4zEKG2zs The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan1886Classical Camille Saint-SaënsClassicalBorn: 9 October 1835, Paris, FranceNationality: FrenchDied: 16 December 1921, Algiers [El Djazaïr], Algeria Camille Saint-Saëns Saint- Saëns was a composer, organist, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic era. Among his best-known works are the First Cello Concerto (1872), Danse Macabre (1874), and The Carnival of … Continue reading The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Lamps glow amber on the city streets dim hues of orange framed by rolling fog...
Inspired by and written for Song Lyric Sunday – thank you, Jim Adams https://youtu.be/dAKvZKRk_Rs I am sure Lilydog won’t mind me not using Lily the Pink, her face said it all – Daddy what is that crap? Yes, Lily, my thoughts exactly. So I’m not including that. Lilydog is very much a metal and heavy … Continue reading Song Lyric Sunday – Raven Wing
Form: Haiku autumn acorns fallscattered to be mighty treesfallen to grow tall ©JezzieGFarmer2022
An Irish poetic form, the Droigneach consists of quatrains. Each line is 9 to 13 syllables long but should remain consistent within the poem. Line 1 rhymes with line 3, and line 2 rhymes with line 4. Each couplet should contain an internal rhyme or other sound echoes. The final word of each line should … Continue reading Droigneach Notes
Form: Haiku candle light flickersa trap, baited and waitinggust of wind saves moth ©JezzieGFarmer2022
The mountains that enfold the vale With walls of granite, steep and high,...
Romantic desire and images of sensual lust entwined in muddles like tangled string...
MooringMedia: Oil on canvas Mooring --- JezzieG2022 ©JezzieGFarmer 2022
https://youtu.be/t2l3F0VOQpc Scarborough Fair2016Orchestral André RieuClassicalBorn: 1 October 1949, Maastricht, NetherlandsNationality: Dutch André Rieu André Rieu is a violinist and conductor, probably best known for creating the Johann Strauss Orchestra. Along with his orchestra, Rieu has turned classical music into a world-touring concert act matching the success of some of the biggest pop and rock music … Continue reading Scarborough Fair by André Rieu
https://youtu.be/w8KQmps-Sog UprisingAlbum: The ResistanceDate: 2009Genre: Progressive Metal The Muse The Muse The Muse are a rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, England. Formed in 1994 the band consists of Matt Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Chris Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Dominic Howard (drums). The Muse released their debut album, ‘Showbiz’, in 1999. The band … Continue reading Uprising by The Muse
Your fingers grazing my skin As senses explode like mines...
I think it has been a few days since it happened. I don’t know the sense of time is becoming more and more distorted...
Massenpsychose by László Moholy-Nagy Massenpsychose1927DadaPhoto-montageGeorge Eastman House, Rochester, New York A Dada-inspired collage, “Messenpsychose” consists of figures cut from magazines clustered together in three test tube-like shapes to create a disconcerting effect that suggests a series of potentially violent, absurd, and arbitrary interactions between the disparate collection of individuals. The figures are simultaneously isolated and … Continue reading Massenpsychose by László Moholy-Nagy
Form: Haiku old gods rolling dicelords of sun or gods of rainwho will play today ©JezzieGFarmer2022
I taste a liquor never brewed -- From Tankards scooped in Pearl --...
Each year they would say what would like For Christmas and I’d glare at my old trike...
https://youtu.be/9E6b3swbnWg Nocturne Op. 9 No.21831-32Romantic Frédéric François ChopinRomanticBorn: 1 March 1810, Żelazowa Wola, PolandNationality: PolishDied: 17 October 1849, Paris, France Frederic Chopin Chopin was a composer. His first published composition at age 7 which was followed a year later as he began his performing career. He moved to Paris in 1832 and mixed with high … Continue reading Nocturne Op. 9 No.2 by Frédéric François Chopin
https://youtu.be/jGKNaIXtBZQ Veteran of the Psychic WarsAlbum: Don't Fear the ReaperDate: 1981Genre: Metal Blue Öyster Cult Blue Öyster Cult Blue Öyster Cult is a rock band formed in New York in 1967. Best known for ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’, their global record sales are over 25 million. The music video for ‘Burnin’ For You’ received heavy … Continue reading Veteran of the Psychic Wars by Blue Öyster Cult
Rehearsal by David Park Rehearsal1949-50Bay Area Figurative MovementOil on canvasOakland Museum of California, USA In 1949 when he began working in figurate works Park destroyed many of his abstract works. Exhibited in 1950 at the Artist Members Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association “Rehearsal” provoked surprise and consternation among Park’s friends, colleagues, and critics. … Continue reading Rehearsal by David Park
Form: Haiku silent dark cornersshielding the delicate growthfrom shadows beauty ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Around my heart the wall of shattered dreams Each brick concealing another broken shard...
Love on the RockMedia: Watercolour on paper Love On the Rock --- JezzieG2022 ©JezzieGFarmer 2022
Form: Haiku overloaded platesgloat at children without foodinequality ©JezzieGFarmer2022
You just couldn’t, more likely wouldn’t, understand how I am used to being alone. I am used to the silence and the emotional destruction of degradation...
All Greece hates the still eyes in the white face...
From seed steep the sun’s tower Keep growing tall, sunflower...
A mystical doll of magic Yet her intent can be tragic...
https://youtu.be/3xZmlUV8muY Games Without FrontiersAlbum: Peter GabrielDate: 1980Genre: Art Rock Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel is a musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He was the original lead singer of the prog rock band Genesis, which he left in 1975 to launch his solo career with the single “Solsbury Hill.” A champion of world … Continue reading Games Without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel
Sailors and Floosies by Paul Cadmus Sailors and Floosies1938Social RealismOil and tempera on linen with wood frameWhitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA “Sailors and Floosies” is the final painting in a series by Cadmus dealing with the subject of US Navy sailors on leave.. He drew inspiration from real-life scenes of cruising the … Continue reading Sailors and Floosies by Paul Cadmus
Form: Haiku life keeps moving onand now is lost in waitinglost biding in time ©JezzieGFarmer2022
The one who keeps me going when I can’t And sees through my darkness to see me shine...
I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power,---that the path before me was closed,...
https://youtu.be/gxHkKNs4-7M Samveli Par2016New Age Samvel YervinyanNew AgeBorn: 25 January 1966, Yerevan, ArmeniaNationality: Armenian Samvel Yervinyan Yervinyan is a violinist and composer. He began his musical studies at the age of seven at the Spenderian Music School under the tutorage of Armen Minasian. Yervinyan won all the first place prices in all the competitions he was … Continue reading Samveli Par by Samvel Yervinyan
Form: Haiku his song to the moonechoes across winter skiesfor she knows his name ©JezzieGFarmer2022
Where am I blocking my own love from myself?
https://youtu.be/UnilUPXmipM Requiem1887-90Choral Mass Gabriel FauréClassicalBorn: 12 May 1845, Pamiers, FranceNationality: FrenchDied: 4 November 1924, Paris, France Gabriel Fauré Fauré was a composer, pianist, organist, and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation with works such as Pavane, Requiem, and Sicilienne. Generally, his best-known works are from his early career however … Continue reading Requiem by Gabriel Fauré
Form: Haiku sweet dusk aromashrouded in evergreen robesher crown starlight white ©JezzieGFarmer2022
https://youtu.be/aGSKrC7dGcY Enjoy the SilenceAlbum: ViolatorDate: 1990Genre: Synthpop, New Wave Depeche Mode Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex, England. The lineup consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and songwriter), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, and songwriter), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards). Depeche Mode have had 54 songs on … Continue reading Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode
Olivia Newton-John20 September 1948 - 8 August 2022 https://youtu.be/ZzPru7yrEUQ Olivia Newton-John was a singer, songwriter, actress, activist, and entrepreneur. She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time with over 100 million records sold worldwide. She starred in the musical film Grease in 1978, and the soundtrack is one of the most successful … Continue reading RIP Olivia Newton John
Late day Shifting sun Queen Palm shadows Cool stone patio Iguana chilling by Koi pond Cat sits still inspecting Mahi Mahi on charcoal grill * * See also: The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads 405 — The Hermit Poet's Ramblings
Happy International Cat Day! 😽 “I’m a cat. We aren’t required to make sense.” ― Seanan McGuire Linking up with Sandee at Comedy Plus Awww Mondays -Eugi Image by lisa runnels... Continue reading Awww Mondays – August 8, 2022 — Moonwashed Musings
Photographer Marie Dew is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From the series ‘The Other Side’. To see Marie’s body of work, click on any photograph. By looking through those screens and windows that we set in order to protect ourselves from the outside world, we… Windows — … Continue reading Windows — Edge of Humanity Magazine
Wizened Crone
Form: Tritina
With her blackened staff, she turns slowly round
As in the ancient days, at the beginning,
And as she will again for eternity.
She calls the powers of eternity
to the sacred circle she has cast round
as she speaks in words of the beginning.
In candlelight, stories are beginning
of ancient worlds and life's eternity
we sit and listen, as the Wheel turns round.
In a circle gathered round, at the beginning of our eternity
©JezzieGFarmer2015
Written By The Hermit Poet Always glued to his computer screens Charts,data,news feeds Today on top Next day may bleed Wears the best threads Custom made Italian suits Silk ties Aim for luxury penthouse That reaches towards the sky Weekends hit casino Roll some dice A couple lines of blow To maintain… The Trader … Continue reading The Trader — Edge of Humanity Magazine
Beach Walkers
Form: Triversen
There's whirling foam gathering sand
Bathing over pebble stones
As we walked hand in hand.
The salty breeze to cut the air
Of intense anticipation
And eyes linger just too long.
Wispy clouds float lazily by
Towards the shadowy horizon
Where destiny awaits a moment.
White trainers crunching over shingle
Tempting the rhythmic tide
To ebb a little closer than sense would dare
Amid the echoes of suckling waves
Beneath the moon strolling feet
Pause as lips kiss and question.
Now arm in arm we walk on
Inhaling oceanic fragrances of love
To greet our future
©JezzieGFarmer2009
Silver Angels
Form: Tritina
A winter world of magic greets a child as they awaken from a night of dreams and see Yule trees kissed by silver angels Around the fire they sing like the angels as the Goddess Mother bears the Sun Child and the world can once again fill with dreams So precious are the distant childhood dreams when we had the blessed sight of angels and viewed the world with the eyes of a child A child's dreams are gifts from holy angels
©JezzieGFarmer2015
In my later years
As memory fades
Remind me of you
Between falling tears
When I am here
And you are near
Remind me of me
And calm what I fear
Sit with me a while
And take my hand
When I am alone
As we share a smile
Stoic Poetry
Chocolate has always been a popular treat, but in recent years, dark chocolate has gained attention for its potential health benefits. For many years, scientists have known that cocoa beans, the main ingredient in chocolate, are packed with antioxidants and other nutrients that can offer some health benefits. However, it wasn’t until recently that they… Read…6 … Continue reading 6 Health Benefits Of Dark Chocolate — Health Tips Now
Written by Ipsita Pradhan I am a fleeting angel, In my own eyes, A restless soul, An ever-changing being. In the busy days, Of nothingness, I am running around, In circles, Like everyday. What am I? I wonder, To someone so thoughtful, To someone who knows, I often wonder, What am I? To…The Pensive You … Continue reading The Pensive You — Edge of Humanity Magazine
Looking Back
Form: Tritina
Countryside walks, warm in our woolly hats,
birds singing in the hedgerow, our music,
houses in the distance sparkle with lights.
Dad creating a fuss over fairy lights,
while we make paper chains and party hats,
and radios crackle with festive music.
Carol singing in the Square, to recorded music,
dancing into the night beneath winter lights,
and sharing a kiss neath mistletoe hats.
Old hats nod to choral music in church lights
©JezzieGFarmer2015
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