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JJ Williams: Wales and British Lions rugby star dies aged 72
Wales and British and Irish Lions winger JJ Williams has died at the age of 72, one of his former clubs have announced.
Williams, who was christened John James but known throughout the world of rugby by his initials, was one of the finest finishers the game has seen.
One of his former clubs Bridgend Ravens tweeted: “All at Bridgend Ravens are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former player JJ Williams. Our thoughts are with JJ’s family and friends at this tough time.”
He scored 12 tries in 30 appearances for Wales and won Grand Slams in 1976 and 1978, as well as four Triple Crowns between 1976 and 1979.
Williams toured South Africa in 1974 and New Zealand in 1977 with the Lions and his try-scoring exploits put…
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Pondering Comprehension
I’ve been listening to Amanda Palmer’s powerful song, “Drowning In Sound”, and reading her poetically brilliant lyrics, while I was scribbling some perplexing notes, and those puzzling words, later formed this poem….
Pondering Comprehension
I’m discombobulated
Listing and frustrated
All out of body sync
And my right hand’s spilling drinks
Quietly waiting for the great spirits
To observe another of my wobbly exits
The waddling penguin has seen it all before
Wondering how I found the front door
Despite my obvious lack of facilities
Confused, I ponder about the world’s disabilities
To collectively listen and comprehend
That the future depends on a cohesive blend
Ivor Steven (c) October 2020
Queen of the May
In winter’s white, as angels cry for early spring to warm the wind, to bring to life with gentle sigh...
Haiku
Form: Haiku Photo by Luis Quintero on Pexels.com Autumn winds wanderNot lost they know where to goWinter paths open ©JGFarmer2020
Pagan Flame
In circle dance from left to right Around the Pagan flame From right to left eternal light...
Haiku
Form: Haiku feline eyes observethe crown with disinterestfor cats walk with gods ©JGFarmer2020
Sonnet to a Robin
One to another they passed the message On an autumn breeze hidden in a song In golden hues of the winter’s presage...
The Power and History of Samhain – [History Study]
Us autumn lovers are in love with Halloween and then there’s us pagans who also love Halloween and recognize the traditions of Samhain (pronounced Sow-win – don’t worry, many have said Sam-hane at least once and only a**holes won’t let you live it down lol). Before I devoted myself to the mystic path, and way before my Christian phase in my late teens/early twenties, my psychic senses have always strengthened during Samhain. It’s never been a full-blown “I see dead people” kind of vibe. It’s a somber feeling where those who have passed on are on my mind and my ability to sense what’s beyond the veil couldn’t be ignored. My connection to Celtic culture was a distant love in the past, but currently, I’m more eager to learn more about pagan or indigenous cultures as it inspires my current beliefs and increases my…
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#PoeticThursday . . . The Beechnut Fairy
The Beechnut Fairy
O the great and happy Beech,
Glorious and tall!
Changing with the changing months,
Lovely in them all:
Lovely in the leafless time,
Lovelier in green;
Loveliest with golden leaves
And the sky between,
When the nuts are falling fast,
Thrown by little me—
Tiny things to patter down
From a forest tree!
By Mary Cicely Barker
Artist Mary Cicely Barker
Text and image source: Snowwolfs Woodland Nook https://www.facebook.com/531188960392510/posts/1691894950988566/
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Pastorale in E Minor by Domenico Scarlatti
Pastorale in E Minor1738Baroque https://youtu.be/7mUb_rnsCDg Domenico ScarlattiBaroqueBorn: 26 October 1685, Naples, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 23 July 1757, Madrid, Spain Scarlatti was a composer, primarily of the Baroque era he was also influential in the development of the Classical style. He composed a wide variety of musical forms but he is best known for his sonatas. Scarlatti … Continue reading Pastorale in E Minor by Domenico Scarlatti
Boadicea by Enya
Boadicea1987Film and TV https://youtu.be/JKQwgpaLR6o EnyaNew Age, Film and TVBorn: 17 May 1961, Gweedore, IrelandNationality: Irish Enya is a singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was born into a musical family and raised in the Irish-speaking area of Gweedore in County Donegal. She began her music career when she joined the family’s Celtic folk band … Continue reading Boadicea by Enya
Afallach
Form: Deibhidhe Golden apples gracing treesA son of Avalon seesFalling leaves as fate takes holdAmid autumn’s leaves of gold ©JGFarmer2020
Autumnal Acrostic Poem, and a Halloween Poem.
Autumn is really inspiring me – no surprise it is my favourite time of year – so it is with pure pleasure I share some autumnal words from Willow
Here are two Autumnal Poems I wrote back in 2014.
All the leaves are dancing, swirling down
Undulating in the breeze round and round
Tumbling rumblings scratching sound
Urgently creatures searching for their stores underground.
Misty mornings, chilly nights, fireworks after Halloween moon!
New seasons Harvest Moon, witches and pumpkin men will be here soon!
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The sun’s heat is waning and the nights are drawing in.
Early morning porridge to keep you warm the cold will nip your skin.
Summer sadly has taken her up her shoes and left us the dark.
Ready for the harvest and shorter winter days.
Time to get out your winter coats and your furry boots
The long and lazy days of summer have vanished in a haze.
Cars driving with their lights on early, listen out for their warning toots!
There might be…
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His Song Her Choice
Oh, how many times I have envied her Her femininity as the earth Inspiring me as her litterateur...
Time on the Moon With a Tea and Lime
Awesome stuff from Ivor
Time on the Moon With a Tea and Lime
now and then
I see the sunrise again
sip on tea and lime
and dream for a time
where are you old friend
hiding your face until the end
and I hear a distant tick-tock
buried under weathered rock
when it’s all said and done
my words fall one by one
inking blues, line after line
and I care not the time
and sand flows drop by drop
from the timeless clock
touching her silent cocoon
on the far side of the moon
Ivor Steven (c) October 2020
Jonathan Pie on School Dinners – he says it how it is!
Says it all
How can Tories vote to allow children to go hungry.
How can a country whose economy is in the top ten allow 4 million children to live in poverty?
Haiku
Form: Haiku Photo by Trung Nguyen on Pexels.com love, the casting votesigns the deal of me and youin the words ‘I do’ ©JGFarmer2020
Mission Unaccomplished
A mission to England for the French King To calm the rising of religious storm The Pope said no, there’s the root of the thing...
The Elements
A witch believes that life itself is sacred, and anything that sustains life is holy. There are four basic elements that form and sustain our lives. Air, fire, water, and earth...
Transsexual theatre: two brave new Edinburgh plays tell of harrowing journeys
The struggle for transgender people is a leading theme at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe thanks to two shows from the National Theatre of Scotland, Adam and Eve. The shows begin in different times and places, but both are about the profound transgender challenges around identity, transition and transformation of the self.
Adam Kashmiry is the true story of a transman growing up in Egypt, alienated by family, community and even himself. His repression takes place in the context of a wider political oppression. His internal revolution is juxtaposed with the Arab Spring, culminating in his exile to Scotland in 2010. It illustrates the arduous procedures experienced by asylum seekers to the UK, not least the lingering limbo while awaiting a decision on their status.
Kashmiry himself is the narrator, supported in…
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The Story of a Broken Heart
A drop of water fresh from the cloud fresh from the ocean capturing the flowing river...
Fate of the Animals by Franz Marc
The ‘Fate of the Animals’ is the imagery of annihilation as seen by the animals. Sharp angles and jagged shapes convey Marc’s jaded view of the relationship between humanity and the natural world...
We Two Boys Together Clinging by David Hockney
An early work by Hockney, ‘We two Boys Together clinging’ shows no sign of the slick landscapes and carefully observed characters that he would later develop...
The Walk
A dog Walks past the trees...
Paradise City by Guns n Roses
Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home (oh won't you please take me home)...
I Die, You Die by Gary Numan
This is not love This is not even worth a point of view In Echo Park, I...
Bivouac on a Mountain by Walt Whitman
I see before me now a traveling army halting, Below a fertile valley spread, with barns and the orchards of summer...
Ye Mariners of England by Thomas Campbell
Ye Mariners of England That guard our native seas! Whose flag has braved, a thousand years...
Fatima Stanza Sonnet Notes
Created by Larry EberhardtStructure: Two quatrains, a couplet, and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abab bcbc cc cdcd Example Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers by Larry Eberhardt Should you be moved to speak in anger, dear,I ask that first you test your words alone.You’ll want to be assured your meaning’s clearif anger … Continue reading Fatima Stanza Sonnet Notes
Haiku
Form: Haiku refreshing the earthas rain clouds clutter the skythe spirit is cleansed ©JGFarmer2020
Gothic Poetry Notes
Gothic or Dark Poetry is an invitation to write the darker side of life and the imagination. It’s an alternative to the sweet and romantic love poetry of Keats or Wordsworth. So, if you feel a need to write about the feelings of someone being there when you are alone, the dark emotions of depression, … Continue reading Gothic Poetry Notes
Sonnet to the Dishwasher
Of all things to throw at me for a subject of a sonnet, the gadget that I have a passionate hatred for and won't give house room
Ready
Tom was ready. Ready to make his own life. He was fed up. Fed up of waiting for the bus ...
Haiku
Form: Haiku for our kids we wantthe best of everythingsome must risk it all ©JGFarmer2020
Haiku
Form: Haiku the eyes of desirestare with intent, deepest wantall I do is sigh ©JGFarmer2020
Lady of Flowers
Goddess born of floral bloom Spring beauty on witch’s broom...
Remorse
For all those years you sat in pose, your love endured to meet my art. My muse you were, I saw no rose...
Vampires Theme by John Carpenter
Carpenter is a filmmaker, composer, and screenwriter. He has worked with various genres, but is best known for horror, science fiction and action films of the 1970s and 1980s...
A Bit Magical and All That
My dearest, are you the magical cat, the tigress that casts her spells over me with a growling purr that caresses my heart whilst purring over my body...
Red Dawn by Basil Poledouris
Poledouris was a composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film and television scores, best known for his collaborative work John Milius and Paul Verhoeven...
Haiku
Form: Haiku shy petals openbravely facing the hot sunlife begins again ©JGFarmer2020
Love Remains
I shall not speak of sadness in her name Of a love lost when all I feel is love For love does not die, it goes on the same...
For my Rizzle
She has died leaving me behind in time Her ashes buried beneath the rose tree In the garden where she played roses climb...
For Ophelia
In blue moonlight where Lady Ophelia drifts the whispered streams in winter's beauty, her eyes reflecting starlight vaguely float and fade...
The Wheel of the Year – Autumn Equinox
When the sun enters into Libra, and officially marks the beginning of Autumn, day and night, light and dark, are in a state of equilibrium...
Haiku
Form: Haiku a path without endher feet step slowly on itand he stepped off it ©JGFarmer2020
A Christmas Party
The shepherds came from their sheep on the hills And peasants came too; a moment to see The animals joining in, angels in frills...
L.H.O.O.Q by Marcel Duchamp
Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q. is an altered postcard reproduction of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. For this assisted readymade, he pencilled a goatee and moustache over the Mona Lisa’s chin and upper lip...
