part of Hugh’s and Terri Webster Schrandt’s Wordless Wednesday.
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Category: inspiration
MMMM Latinish.
Hello and welcome to M.M.M.M. this week we are to go with a Latin signature! So to start with I am going to include a poem I wrote back in December 2012
I need to Tango Tango, I mean the whole fandango. I need to strut and and grind I need to Tango. I need to step and side step I need to spin and twirl I maybe in the body of an older woman but at heart I am still a girl.
I need to meet the eyes of dark haired man. I need him to hold me to him, to move me , he can can can! I need the high heels I need a red dress I want the rush I need the sex I know I will blush blush blush!
I want to Tango Tango I need to dip and angle I need to sway, and over, a strong arm to dangle. I need excitement I need distraction I really crave satisfaction, action action action!
I need to fondle and be fondled. I need to excite and be excited OH! I need to Tango Tango I need to see a man go wild and spin me off my feet. I need to Tango Tango I want to tell everyone so I shall tweet tweet tweet!
I need to Tango Tango in a new dress and some spangols !I need to glide and swirl I need to to pretend and in my head be a dizzy dizzy girl !
And now the music .
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What do you see # 237- May 6, 2024 Angel in Pain.
Sadje at Keep it alive said: “Welcome back to another WDYS prompt“
Rules;
- You can write a post on your blog and create a pingback to link to the original post.
- Write an original story, poem or a caption.
- There is no limit to words or format but keep it family-friendly.
- If you post a response before next Sunday, I will be able to add it to my roundup post.
- I will do a round-up next Sunday before the next Prompt is posted.
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- There are issues with pingbacks in WordPress these days. So please paste a link of your post in the comments section so that I don’t miss anyone in the roundup post.
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Does this picture inspire you to write something?
For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a giant female figure who is opening her chest to show the greenery inside. There are cracks on the visage and torso of this sculpture.
Angel in Pain
I saw the Angel at the grave weeping tears.
The weight grief she carried, through the years
It hurt to see the angel so, such a burden she had to carry.
The hate and betrayal all around I wondered why she’d tarry.
Her tears were real I touched I know.
I wondered what on earth had made this lacrimo flow.
She told me all that she had seen and places she had been.
The trenches of Ypres, concentration camps and bloody fields at Waterloo. She’d held dying men and abused women and children too.
The world is not improving even after all that she has tried .
To help us toward peace and love is always pushed aside.
She asked me for my help, I was indeed surprised.
I a mere mortal who has sinned and lost all pride.
Reaching out a hand to me , she touched my chilled skin.
To my great surprise she was warm that set me wondering.
How could marble feel like flesh, my heart began to pound
I looked into her blue eyes another wonder there I found.
As well as tears I saw great knowledge gained from living life too long.
She offered me a bag of seeds the like I had never seen
She begged plant them where I stood among this grass so green.
I asked her what the seeds were and why upon this slope.
She looked at me with pleading eyes and whispered “These are the seeds of hope!”
I was holding in my hands the hope for all the world,
It was a terrifying thought. To keep them safe, my fingers gently curled .
Plant them please, plant them now and make a vow.
Tend these most important seeds, watch them as they grow.
I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders as those tiny seeds I then did sow.I saw the Angel at the grave she was weeping tears. The weight of all the grief she had seen, years of pain and fears.
It hurt me to see the angel so, such a burden she had to carry. The hate and betrayal all around I wondered why she should tarry.
Her tears were real I touched them so I know. I wondered what on earth had made this lacrimo flow.
She told me all that she had seen and places she had been. The trenches of Ypres, concentration camps and bloody fields at Waterloo she had held dying men and abused women and children too.
The world is not improving even after all that she had tried .To guide and help and educate us toward peace and love . It was always pushed aside.
She asked me for my help, I was indeed surprised. I am a mere mortal who has sinned and lost all pride. Reaching out a hand to me , she touched my chilled skin. To my great surprise she was warm that set me wondering.
How could marble feel like flesh, my heart began to pound I looked into her blue eyes another wonder there I found. As well as tears I saw great great knowledge gained from living life too long, not the type we learn from college.
She offered me a bag of seeds the like I had never seen she begged plant them where I stood among this grass so green. I asked her what the seeds were that she asked I plant upon this slope. She looked at me with pleading eyes and whispered they are the seeds of hope!
I was holding in my hands the hope for all the world, it was a terrifying thought so around them, to keep them safe, my fingers gently curled .
Plant them please, plant them now and make to me one vow. Tend these most important seeds, watch them as they grow. I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders as those seeds I began to sow.
The angel sighed so gently I nearly didn’t hear.
She touched my face and told me not to fear.
She looked so very tired, she looked so very old.
Then suddenly with no fuss she once again was made of marble cold.
24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 32, 4/30/24, Part II,
This week Colleen says. :”Here we are at the end of April! Where did the month go? As NaPoWritMo winds down, I hope you’ll write some syllabic poetry with me.
This week for #TankaTuesday we’re in the second week of the season of Grain Rain as we follow the 24 Seasons of Japan. The dates are based off of the lunisolar calendar, often called an agricultural calendar. The traditional Chinese and Japanese lunisolar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.“
Our Invitation:
- I’ll give you the hokku portion for the Northern & Southern Hemispheres, and you write the wakiku portion. (I’ll add the kigo words to the hokku). See below ⬇️
- BONUS: After you write the wakiku in reply to my hokku, please add your own hokku (haiku) on your post. In the comments on your post, I’ll add the wakiku portion.
Colleen’s Hokku “an empty attic
the sound of April showers
thunderous rumblings”
My Wakiku”I sit wrapped in a blanket
mother made from summer stars.’
My Hokku“night sky was red
spring is waining, summer waits
dawn omens bode well .”
Colleen’s Wakiku “from the shoreline, a wolf howls
welcoming in a new day”
The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS May 4, 2024.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “note.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
There are many … musical notes, 🎶, written notes, high notes and low notes and they are not only musical they can refer to high or low points in your life.
Money can be referred to as notes, you can write a note to anyone even yourself. You can remember noteworthy things, people or books absolutely anything at all. To make a note is to remember.
Would I write a note to a younger me.. No I really don’t think that I would because I don’t believe we can go back in time and change anything. I believe that if we changed anything we would probably make things much worse. To be honest I believe it would do more harm than good. If I knew then half of what I know now I would never make the trip. That said I actually wouldn’t change a thing because I love my family and friends and pets …. My life hasn’t been a bed of roses but who’s is? If anyone tells you they have the perfect life and they wouldn’t change a thing, I am sorry they are lying. So make a note to take Facebook and possibly peoples blogs with a pinch of salt.
So note to self … don’t give in and don’t give up! Never worry about what’s gone…it’s done , no point in worrying about what’s coming because it’s unknown and may never happen. Life is in the now so all you can do your best. …So I have actually made a note for my younger self … but nothing too leading.
This is part of LindaGHill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday.
Ovi Poetry Challenge 46: HELPLESS is your inspiration
Naked less than a minute old
Tiny hands and lips blue from cold
Yet seeking out your truth so bold
Helpless, lying in Gaia’s palm.
Part of Ronovanwrites Ovi Challenge.
MMMM. GIRLS LOVE DIAMONDS?
Good morning and welcome to MMMM . This week’s these is freefall and it’s whatever music moves you or me or all of us!
This week I am going to showcase Welsh singer Marina and the Diamonds, her songs are all strong womens songs with good strong positive messages. What I like about Marina is that you can still her Welsh accent, gentle as it is, when she sings. So let’s start with my favourite song by her. I am not a Robot.
Marina Lambrini Diamandis (/ˌdiːəˈmændɪs/ DEE-ə-MAN-diss; Greek: Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμάντη, romanized: Marína-Lampriní Diamánti; born 10 October 1985), known mononymously as Marina (often stylised in all caps) and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer and songwriter.
Born in Brynmawr and raised in Abergavenny, Diamandis later moved to London to become a professional singer, despite having little formal musical experience. In 2009, she came to prominence upon placing second in the BBC‘s Sound of 2010. Her debut studio album, The Family Jewels (2010), incorporated indie pop and new wave musical styles. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number five and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. The album’s second single, “Hollywood“, peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart. Diamandis’ second studio album, Electra Heart (2012), was a concept album about a character of the same name. The album explored electropop and dance-pop and became her first number one album in the United Kingdom. It was certified gold in the US and UK, and respectively produced the successful singles “Primadonna” and “How to Be a Heartbreaker“.
Here is my playlist of the Family Jewels.
Monday’s Music Moves Me is sponsored by Marie, Cathy, Alana, and Stacy, so be sure and visit them, where you can also find the Linky for the other participants.
Have boogylous week 💜💜
Song Lyric Sunday, Les go on Orchestral Manoeuvres.
Good Sunday morning everyone it’s time for Jim Adam’s Song Lyric Sunday and this week April 28, 2024 is Songs performed with orchestras and/or choirs suggested by Nancy aka The Sicilian Storyteller.
The first song I have picked is “Believer” is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. The song was released on February 1, 2017, through Interscope Records and Kidinakorner as the lead single from the band’s third studio album, Evolve (2017). It was written by Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman, Justin Tranter, Jamie marcel and its producers Mattman & Robin.
One Voice Children’s Choir (originally known as the 2002 Winter Olympic Children’s Choir and Studio A Children’s Choir) is an American children’s choir in Utah.
The group was founded by children and Masa Fukuda in 2001 after he composed the song “It Just Takes Love” for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Fukuda asked students to participate in a commemorative CD for the Olympics. Some of the students also were “children of light” performers for the Olympics, whom he volunteered to help train. After the Olympics, 25 students wanted to continue singing together, and Fukuda formed the choir as a nonprofit organization to continue working with them.
One Voice Children’s Choir is led by choir director Masa Fukuda and Artistic Directors Michelle Boothe and Tanner DeWaal and has 180 members ages 5–18. Every year, the choir performs around 50 to 70 times. The group meets year-round for once-a-week practices. They perform a vast selection of music such as pop, gospel, classical, Broadway, and patriotic.
In 2003, the choir sang the Christmas song “Innocence of Youth” and won the John Lennon International Music Award after singing in a competition for Yoko Ono. In 2014, One Voice received national attention for their rendition of the Disney song “Let It Go”, starring Lexi Walker and Alex Boyé. Their video received 1 million views in one day, 18 million in 10 days, and over 60 million by July 2015. They were invited to compete in the ninth season of America’s Got Talent (AGT) in 2014 and reached the quarterfinals.
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First things first
I’ma say all the words inside my head
I’m fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh-ooh
The way that things have been, oh-ooh
Second thing second
Don’t you tell me what you think that I could be
I’m the one at the sail, I’m the master of my sea, oh-ooh
The master of my sea, oh-ooh
I was broken from a young age
Taking my sulking to the masses
Writing my poems for the few
That look at me, took to me, shook to me, feeling me
Singing from heartache from the pain
Taking my message from the veins
Speaking my lesson from the brain
Seeing the beauty through the…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain!
You break me down and build me up, believer, believer
Pain!
Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
First things first
Can you imagine what’s about to happen?
It’s Weezy the Dragon, I link with the Dragons
And we gon’ get ratchet, no need for imaginin’
This is what’s happenin’
Second thing second, I reckon immaculate
Sound about accurate
I know that strength, it don’t come, don’t come without strategy
I know the sweet, it don’t come without cavities
I know the passages come with some traffic
I start with from the basement, end up in the attic
And third thing third
Whoever call me out, they simply can’t count
Let’s get mathematic, I’m up in this, huh
Is you a believer?
I get a unicorn out of a zebra
I wear my uniform like a tuxedo
This dragon don’t hold his breath, don’t need no breather
Love you Ms. Cita, the son of a leader
I know the bloomin’ don’t come without rain
I know the losin’ don’t come without shame
I know the beauty don’t come without hurt
Hol’ up, hol’ up, last thing last
I know that Tunechi don’t come without Wayne
I know that losin’ don’t come without game
I know that glory don’t come without…
Don’t come without…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain!
You break me down and build me up, believer, believer
Pain
Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Last things last
By the grace of fire and flames
You’re the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh-ooh
The blood in my veins, oh-ooh
But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing
Inhibited, limited ’til it broke open and rained down
It rained down, like…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain!
You break me down and build me up, believer, believer
Pain
Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Benjamin Arthur Mckee / Daniel Coulter Reynolds / Daniel Wayne Sermon / Mattias Per Larsson / Robin Lennart Fredriksson / Daniel James Platzman / Justin Drew Tranter
Believer lyrics © Ma-jay Publishing, Imagine Dragons Publishing, Songs For Kidinakorner, Wolf Cousins, Songs Of Universal Inc.
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Next up is AC/DC Thunderstruck “Thunderstruck” is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released as the lead single from their 1990 album The Razors Edge. It peaked at No. 4 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, No. 1 in Finland, and No. 5 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. In 2010, “Thunderstruck” topped Triple M Melbourne‘s Ultimate 500 Rock Countdown in Australia. The top five were all AC/DC songs.[3] The song is used in movies such as Deadpool 2, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Varsity Blues, The Longest Yard, Katie and Orbie, Battleship, and Daddy’s Home, among others, as well as TV shows.
The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London’s symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood’s Queen’s Hall Orchestra because of a new rule requiring players to give the orchestra their exclusive services. The LSO itself later introduced a similar rule for its members. From the outset the LSO was organised on co-operative lines, with all players sharing the profits at the end of each season. This practice continued for the orchestra’s first four decades.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra
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Lastly but no way least. The Killers “Human” is a song by American rock band the Killers. Written by and produced by the band members and co-produced by Stuart Price, it was released as the first single from their third studio album Day & Age (2008).
The Cinematic Orchestra is a British nu jazz and downtempo music group created in 1999 by Jason Swinscoe. The group is signed to independent record label Ninja Tune.
The Cinematic Orchestra have produced four studio albums, Motion (1999), Every Day (2002), Ma Fleur (2007) and To Believe (2019), and two film soundtrack albums, Man with a Movie Camera (2003) and The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2009).
In addition to Swinscoe, the band includes former DJ Food member PC (Patrick Carpenter) on turntables, Luke Flowers on drums, Tom Chant on saxophone, Nick Ramm on piano, Stuart McCallum on guitar, Phil France on double bass Former members include Jamie Coleman (trumpet), T. Daniel Howard (drums), Federico Ughi (drums), Alex James (piano), and Clean Sadness (synthesizer, programming). Heidi Vogel (vocals) appears as a regular collaborator.
Swinscoe and Carpenter have also recorded together under the band name Neptune.
I did my best to notice When the call came down the line Up to the platform of surrender I was broad but I was kind And sometimes I get nervous When I see an open door Close your eyes Clear your heart Cut the cord Are we human? Or are we dancer? My sign is vital My hands are cold And I'm on my knees Looking for the answer Are we human? Or are we dancer? Pay my respects to grace and virtue Send my condolences to good Give my regards to soul and romance They always did the best they could And so long to devotion You taught me everything I know Wave goodbye Wish me well You got to let me go Are we human? Or are we dancer? My sign is vital My hands are cold And I'm on my knees Looking for the answer Are we human? Or are we dancer? Will your system be alright When you dream of home tonight? There is no message we're receiving Let me know is your heart still beating? Are we human? Or are we dancer? My sign is vital My hands are cold And I'm on my knees Looking for the answer You got to let me know Are we human? Or are we dancer? My sign is vital My hands are cold And I'm on my knees Looking for the answer Are we human? Or are we dancer? Are we human? Or are we dancer? Are we human Or are we dancer?
All information from Wikipedia.
Happy Sunday everyone 💜💜
The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS April 27, 2024
Its Saturday and early yesterday this morning Linda popped in with this “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “show.” Use it as a noun or a verb. Have fun!”
Show must go on was Freddie Mercury’s by line. Even when he was dying he put on the make up and showed us how it was to be done! So let me show you Freddie at his best!
Let me Show Freddie at the end !
Now Freddie has shown Sam the Show must go on and that that’s a lesson Sam has learned well in his approach to his fans and the Show.
Then just to end up let’s rise the tempo and listen to Leo Sayer with the same message. He says the Show must go on too!
This is part of LindaGHill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday .
The Lie. The Trick
Another poem for Child Abuse Month back in April 2013. This one is about child brides. Girls are as good as kidnapped by their own parents . Imagine the culture shock from living life here in the west to suddenly finding out that the exciting holiday you were looking forward to was just a ruse to get to India,Pakistan or Afghanistan to marry you off often to an older man.
In the villages of India,Pakistan, Afghanistan and Africa. Children as young as 6yrs are married off to older men. It is wrong, don’t you think.
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Happy head full of teenage dreams sending texts and watching ipad screens. Looking forward to the summer holiday visiting cousins far away.
At the school gate with your friends you’ll see them all when the summer ends.
Eighteen months later them’s the brakes. OH! what difference those months make! No longer a carefree happy teen, a mother in servitude, dreams of what her life could of been.
Why did her parents trick her into marrying an older man she did not know. All her schooling all her dreams blown away in smithereens.
She remembers weeping so, begging her parents not to go. Why did they do this to her she wants to know.
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