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All in all it has been a good week with Spring most definitely sprung. Not quite warm enough to sit and write in the garden yet, but given I am in shielded lockdown it does mean I can spend time out there. Anyway, a week has gone by and I doing my inspiration hunt through … Continue reading Saturday Stimulus
Through silent misty eyes I look for you I am missing you, it’s hunting me down As without your kisses my heart is blue...
Dickinson was a prolific poet but fewer than a dozen of her poems were published in her lifetime...
I have not done a freaky Friday post in a few years, and really can't remember what I used to put in them so I am going to start with freaky pictures I have found this week I'm really not sure if this doggo has a humanish face or is photoshopped but still made me … Continue reading Freaky Friday
Meter: No meter requirementStructure: 2 quintains and a quatrainRhyme Scheme: abcba defed ghhg Example: Danish Prince by Jez Farmer A soliloquy questions life or deathOne man’s desperate plea seeking choiceAs he utters ‘to be or not to be’The strain echoing in his troubled voiceAnd again, as he draws into his breathHis crying eyes blinded by … Continue reading Busta Sonetto 1 Notes
Come join me where the river sings desire And oceans play the melodies of lust For here is where I build my heart of fire...
Picking a year between 1966 and 2020 at random and I get 1970. I was 4 years old. So some random factoids from 1970 it is then, not that I actually remember much. The average price of a house in the UK was £4975 - man, how I wish that was the case now - … Continue reading Throwback Thursday
I felt alone and broken a shattered soul of the night...
Welcome to Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday! This is the day of the week where all members of the Go Dog Go Café Community are invited to introduce a Poet or Writer they enjoy reading. Participating is really fast and simple- in the comments below, post the link for the Home Page of the Poet/Writer you […]Promote … Continue reading Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday, March 26, 2020 — Go Dog Go Café
Yeahp, Wednesday is going to be wacky question day. Google will tell you most fish don’t pass wind but expel air they use to maintain their buoyancy . Okay so I admit I am not taking this post very seriously and when it comes to random weird questions does one have to take it seriously, … Continue reading Do Fish Fart?
It all seems a long time ago, These memories of long ago, Of children running to and fro...
Holst was a composer, arranger, and teacher best known for his orchestral suite The Planets...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/hmyVnOgi-MM?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent The Universe and My Backyard Outside alone, stoically I stand Old toes gripping into cold sand Here my lawn cover is sparse But I see the universe in a blade of grass Under my feet I feel our planet’s ground Above I see a grey sky swirling around As the sun hides […]The Universe and … Continue reading Reblog Tuesday
Love if this obsession can be called love moved by you...
Hi Everyone It's no big secret, I am a proud cat-daddy and often share my desk with one of the six felines in residence, predominantly the Majestic Queen Cupcake. She is my babee cat and knows it. Unfortunately she takes after her daddy and hides when I try to take pictures. Instead some of her … Continue reading Cat-Daddy Life
It had been a long voyage, and not always a smooth one. There had been several days ...
Legends tell tales from the past, Of oceans deep that secrets keep. Enigmas of the ancients’ cast...
In the UK it is Mother’s Day and I wish I could spend some time with my mum. Not possible, of course, but we will have a hell of time when we see each other on the other side of Covid 19. Meanwhile we share our thoughts and warped sense of humour. I had to … Continue reading Hello again from the Hobbit Hole
Matisse is regarded as the greatest colourist of the 20th century and rivalled Picasso in the importance of his innovations...
She’s resting on the chaise longue with glazed eyes of contemplation oh, what to choose...
Hi everyone Well, who would have thunk it. When I came out as a transgender man I thought I had walked away from the solitary writing desk I shared with a cat called Bagpuss. Now Covid 19 brings me back here, Bagpuss is sadly no longer with me but my lovely cat Cupcake is.So I … Continue reading Jottings from the Hobbit Hole Returns
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 and one of the earliest practitioners of the short story. He was the first well-known American writer to earn a living from writing alone, leading to a financially difficult life and career....
It’s a question of standards a moral benchmark if you will a standard set by those...
Robert Lee Frost was a poet. Initially published in England, his work was soon published and renowned internationally...
I thought I saw the sun peer through a cloud A warming breath to say goodbye to tears I could again stand tall and say I'm proud ...
Created by Kathy Anderson Structure: 5 Stanzas of 5 Lines Line 1 consists of four to five syllables and is repeated in each stanzaLine 2 consists of four or five syllables and rhymes with the subsequent second linesLine 3 consists of two or three syllables and emphasizes the previous statementLine 4 consists of four or … Continue reading Cardinal Stanza Notes
From behind closed curtains eyes peer, Watching as innocents learn love. Whispers of loose tongues they all hear...
https://youtu.be/2r_ZF3GMq18 Title: Suite in D minorClassical Composer: Carl Friedrich AbelBorn: 22 December 1723, Anhalt, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 20 June 1787, London, England Abel was a Classical era composer and player of the viola da gamba for which he produced a considerable number of compositions.
The Electric Light Orchestra, better known as ELO, formed in 1970 in Birmingham UK by the songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan...
hailstones fallin fields of waternow oceans wait © JG Farmer 2020
I haven’t forgotten the annoyance Of tights; the fear of snagging on the gate In the rushing out late to get to work...
By the fireside, there sits he A friendly soul come by thee There he sits darning a sock...
The seven chakras or wheel-like energy centres of the body govern aspects of our consciousness. By learning their location and their connection to our consciousness enables us to focus on what energies we need at different times and for different things...
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Welcome toPromote Yourself Monday! Another great week last week, now that we got the bugs worked out from the week before. Overall we had 270 views, 45 likes and 263 comments. As I have said before, numbers cannot measure the community we build worldwide with this wonderful feature, they sure tell us how important it has become. I will share links below, but and once again invite you to postalink to writing (600 words or less please!) published on your blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below. With the coronavirus affecting all of us, let us fight back with our antivirus of creative energy!
Last week’s round UP with 38 shares! (I apologize for any formatting snafus… I am using the new editor and a…
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Rembrandt was a draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. He is considered one of the most important visual artists in history....
Hello, Love from my enchanted place of shadows and witterings...
The murmur of waves echoes in the trees Like breaking ripples caressing the beach As twilight shadows mingle on the breeze...
Matthew Arnold was a poet and cultural critic who also worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Rugby School’s famed headmaster, Thomas Arnold he has been characterized as sage writer who chastises and instructs the reader on social issues of the day....
And by the river on those summer days Where so many have flirted in the sun Before we came along with hands held tight...
Created by: Lawrence Eberhart.Meter: Lines1 through 12 alternate 15 and 11 syllable. Lines 13 and 14 each have 15 syllablesStructure: Octet and sestetRhyme Scheme: ababcdcd efefgg Example: The Magic by Jez Farmer Only lovers share the true secrets of love that touch the soulThe mystery hidden betwixt stars and moonAnd none may know why the … Continue reading Bush Ballad Meter Sonnet Notes
Looking out the window it is a cold, grey day so my thanks to m’lady Horty for brightening up the day by nominating me for this award. I am always tempted to write a ‘I would like to thank…’ thing at this point and this time I am going to. I would like to thank … Continue reading Bee Love Award
At last you sleep, so peaceful as the night Begins to drift its way across your dreams To push back shadows the day left in sight...
When walking down the unknown road towards the setting sun each step should ease the heavy load...
Simon and Garfunkel were an American folk-rock duo consisting of Paul Simon, singer-songwriter, and Art Garfunkel as a singer. One of best-selling groups of the 1960s ...
Beethoven was a composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, and arguably one of the greatest composers of all time...
For years, they told me the same thing day in day out...
She snuggles close into a sleepy sigh And I feel her skin brush against my thigh My breath awakens at the gentle touch...
Alone in the darkness it is silent except for the steady humming of the air filter on the fish tank...
Vasarely’s work provides some of the most distinctive images and optical effects of the 20th century...
She hangs in the sky almost full tonight As the clouds scatter to release her light To the summer grasses on which we lay...
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