Title: Grafton Gallery, from Les Affiche Illustrees Date: 1897 Movement: Art Nouveau Eugène Grasset Swiss 25 May 1845 – 23 October 1017
Grafton Gallery, from Les Affiche Illustrees
The Tears of Dawn
The day you left my world just fell away, No hope or will to face each brand-new day, Nor reason to linger awhile in bed I cannot fix the heart you left for dead. In ev'rything a memory of you, No answers left to tell me what to do, As nothing but pain fills my … Continue reading The Tears of Dawn
Fix You
https://youtu.be/k4V3Mo61fJM Fix You Coldplay
The Mystery
I look in her eyes and feel the fires burn Such passion is not a fleeting sojourn I feel her heart beat tugging upon mine As in her kiss I taste the sweetest wine My tongue longs to linger upon her lip While gently teasing as her senses slip Before the lingual dance in rhythmic … Continue reading The Mystery
Lost at Sea
A mastless ship now lost at sea With no maps or places to go For all the stars have left the sky I have nothing left to go by My heart is empty, shot by pain A mastless ship now lost at sea A mere speck in the endless blue And no idea of what to … Continue reading Lost at Sea
Haiku
sips of half empty sour the dreams of living drink half full instead © JG Farmer 2017 Form: Haiku
Mars, the Bringer of War
https://youtu.be/Jmk5frp6-3Q Date: 1914 Composer: Gustav Holst English 21 Sept 1874 – 25 May 1934
O Captain! My Captain
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, … Continue reading O Captain! My Captain
Nadolig
As the winter skies darken And black storms howl the arcane Heed red clouds and harken The Sun King greets us again Dark nights intimidating A world of change awaiting Turn of seasons predating Winter’s winds breath abaiting On Solstice night he’s reborn Decked in green and holly thorn The festive colours adorn Fireside merriment … Continue reading Nadolig
The Nightingale Poet
John Keats 14 October 1795 – 23 February 1821 English Poet John Keats was an English Romantic poet and one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantics alongside Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. John was born on 14 October 1795 in London, the son of Thomas Keats, a hostler at … Continue reading The Nightingale Poet
Parasite Inc: In the Dark
https://youtu.be/EpZlX6WVMJo In the Dark Parasite Inc
The End
This sense of fear that grows as twilight fades And reapers of souls descend on the Earth, To feed on destruction in chaos’ birth, Dear angels of truth tremble in the shades. The eyes of Man see nothing but old mud, Where the beauty of nature once stood proud, There is no movement, not even … Continue reading The End
Lost Tears
Those words of denial hurt me a shattered heart refusing to love or be loved for love meant pain without mercy never-ending unrelenting unkind unkind words unable to see they left me blind outside of darkness I didn’t exist as words pierced my soul until all I crave is silence serenity tranquility to dry the … Continue reading Lost Tears
The Street
The Street Date: 1933 Movement: Metaphysical Art Balthus French 29 Feb 1908 – 18 Feb 2001
The Eagle Cries
The night reveals the beauty of your love As senses fall, one by one, it’s you I see I am below and you; you are above A goddess taking all her want from me In your embrace you set my passions free Yet captive in the power of your eyes You hold me here, the … Continue reading The Eagle Cries
English Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme: abab cdcd efef gg Meter: Decasyllabic or pentameter Structure: 3 quatrains and a couplet Example: The Black Hound of Destiny by Jez Farmer As darkness takes our souls to hell what has become of pleasant dreams when death has tolled its final bell no one remains to hear the screams. Gwyllgi calls, the … Continue reading English Sonnet
Elements
https://youtu.be/sf6LD2B_kDQ Elements Lindsey Sterling
The Magic
Only lovers share the true secrets of love that touch the soul The mystery hidden betwixt stars and moon And none may know why the simple kisses make two lovers whole Yet witness the magic of the sacred rune A silent whisper that called two hearts to always beat as one In the knowledge that … Continue reading The Magic
A Poison Tree
I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I waterd it in fears, Night & morning with my tears: And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both … Continue reading A Poison Tree
Atramentous Wings
Dormant, he sleeps within my heart his tranquillity is my darkness and he rests silently with one eye open he waits for love’s tender kiss to awaken his veracity and strength for love is his inky black quills of flight © JG Farmer 2017 Form: Free Verse
Finlandia
https://youtu.be/F5zg_af9b8c Date: 1899 Movement: Romantic Jean Sibelius Finnish 8 Dec 1865 – 20 Sept 1957
The Choice
My Lady taught me well beneath the sky That mine is not to fear eternal flame For fear won’t lead me to her realm’s divine. To fear her words and never ask her why Condemns my soul with no one else to blame As choices made, they must truly be mine. Yet if I hunger … Continue reading The Choice
The Metrical Feet of English Poetry
Foot Scansion Sound Example Iamb -/ De-dum Detain, betray, entwine Trochee /- Dum-de Raven, pathway, garden Spondee // Dum-dum Stand up! Sit down! Go back! Anapaest --/ De-de-dum Understand, contradict, Japanese Dactyl /-- Dum-de-de Signature, fantasy, elephant
Pink Floyd: Time
Teasing Tankas
Before my eyes blink In rays of a waking day I can see you smile As my arms gently embrace Another night spent with you. My lips can still taste The passion found in your heart Relighting embers Of my own sensual hunger As I move into your kiss I know your essence The scent … Continue reading Teasing Tankas
On Velvet Wings
I followed her flutter on velvet wings Entrapped by beauty in a floral dream Her flight to destiny made in sweet grace While my clumsy legs stumble in the chase With ease, she traversed the babbling stream And I am left behind to think on things But does it matter on this grassy verge Where … Continue reading On Velvet Wings
Anxiety
Date: 1894 Movement: Expressionism Edvard Munch Norwegian 12 Dec 1863 – 23 Jan 1944
Taffeta, Lace and Silk
A vow of lies I should never have said, Two words I wish I’d saved for me and you; My wasted innocence on the wedding bed Defiled the words of love that say ‘I do’. A distant regret now haunts my mind, you see, While watching you walking down towards me; My vision of taffeta, … Continue reading Taffeta, Lace and Silk
Purest Truth
In silence. none can hear unspoken dreams Yet silence still speaks louder than any screams A man alone can only see his fear He feels it drawing him in somewhere near The chosen path is known by few who care To walk alone a man must take the dare In darkness, purest truth is seen … Continue reading Purest Truth
Kiss (The Whip)
https://youtu.be/1wp9SVMnfs0 Athamay
A Writer’s Philosophy
A brief moment of thought caught in a book An author’s ideals that hide in the tale Dear reader, take a deeper look, just look A writer’s dream is there, offered for sale Behind jumbled words that act as a veil The hopes of the future or is it fear Each word a hammer hitting … Continue reading A Writer’s Philosophy
Lamina
Smooth whiteness of linen stirs to the rhythm of love entwined in a sensual dance primal instincts outside of time tenderness touches a smile fingertips drawing each other in feeding hunger, creating desire soft kisses inviting intensity gently arousing the vibrant war between passion and desire and linen curves to their embrace crushed beneath their … Continue reading Lamina
Brandenburg Concerto No 5
https://youtu.be/BnjqGhAlFzs 1721 Movement: Baroque Johann Sebastian Bach German 31 Mar 1685 – 28 July 1750
The Operation
Taken from my incoherent rambling of a diary for Monday 28 September 2015 To be honest I don’t remember that much. It was still dark when my friend and I left for the hospital and the roads were peaceful. Just as well as we were both tired from the previous night. On arrival I … Continue reading The Operation
Awareness Awakens
As eyes closed to sleep his voice spoke in dreams echoes of daylight thoughts dismissed into subconsciousness yet in dreams he keeps telling me I am he he is me and as I awake to the newborn day the mirror reflects confusion tormented by self hate aware yet unable to reach out I am he … Continue reading Awareness Awakens
The Who; Who Are You?
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Long Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the … Continue reading Do Not Go Gentle Into That Long Good Night
Love Grown Up
Such folly is the love I felt before A foolish boy obsessed by passion’s lust How easy those words slipped from the tongue then In truth a man’s hunger is so much more Yet only given with respect and trust Those words of love don’t fall so easy now I beg forgive me for mistakes … Continue reading Love Grown Up
Addiction
A habit becomes need The fun that was has gone A fix now feeds their greed The addict is alone A drug echoes the fear When need cries out no more Reality draws near And pain shakes on the floor The fun carried a cost A buzz, a high, what price? Now all is gone … Continue reading Addiction
Ecstasy
Date: 1908 Movement: Symbolism Lajos Gulacsy Hungarian 1882 – 1932
Apollyon Avenue
The rivers are dry without rain No water to ease thirsty pain Dry sandy beds echo the past There’s nothing left, it went so fast When we put desire before need Sating only the human greed Ignoring the warnings made clear Heeding nowt refusing to hear So, blind we believed all was well Indeed, this … Continue reading Apollyon Avenue
Phantom of the Opera
https://youtu.be/WZMraAGlpwc Nightwish
50 and Not Out
At the age of 25 I honestly did not think I would make another 25 years to the age of 50. Just the idea of living another lifetime as a stranger in my own body was unbearable. Last week I turned 50 and proved myself wrong. Many people dread the half century but it wasn’t … Continue reading 50 and Not Out
Haiku
fixed azure gaze beckons the enslaved yet behind blue love purrs JG Farmer 2017
Blue Danube Waltz
https://youtu.be/lkzWF1UE1CI 1866 Movement: Romantic Johann Strauss II Austrian 25 Oct 1825 – 3 Jun 1899
Sweet Vengeance
To love, to die again on passion's blade, This heart's desire defies all common sense A twisted knife to tear the guts away When all is lost; one word will yet invade, Demanding nought but her in dark pretence In whispered words I want to hear her say. Promises nothing more than sweet goodnight, Through … Continue reading Sweet Vengeance
Tachwedd
Summer’s End turns November And autumn turns to winter While the sprits remember As in the fires logs splinter The veil no more intervenes Between the dead and living And the circle reconvenes Then and now in thanksgiving In dance and song celebrate Beginning the year anew Divining runes calculate And to days past bid … Continue reading Tachwedd
Beatles: A Day In The Life
Surfing
Sweet love is like the ocean’s surging tide, And, alas, not always the smoothest ride, But where the land shall meet the turbid sea Is where I lay my heart in foolish pride. In love there is no place I’d rather be, For passion thrives in wanton liberty It cannot grow when tied to safer … Continue reading Surfing
Turn Of The Head
With a turn of the head a bereavement as emotions erupt into intense sorrow alone in an instant unlike this poem grief is not brief when nothing can console the tears © JG Farmer 2017 Form: Free Verse
