27 Jun 2017 21 Comments
in Poems, Uncategorized Tags: #39 Mirror & Harbour, Colleen's weekly # poetry Challenge, HAIKU, Life, poetry, sea ., Tanka
This week for Colleen Chesebro‘s weekly poetry prompt Mirror & Harbour I have chosen to do two Tanka.
Looking out to sea
A long days wait looking for lights
Cold cold the harbour
Lost loved ones to cruel sea
Pain mirrored in harbour Lights.
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Mirror like the sea
Shows life stormy and becalmed
No safe harbour yet
Thrashed on the rocks we cling on
Hoping against hope for calm.
16 May 2016 19 Comments
in Poems, Uncategorized Tags: Challenge #97, Glimmer, magic, poetry, prompt, Weekly Hiaku
On the lake she stood
Silver stars in her wake glimmer
She set Magic free
12 Dec 2014 19 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: Music, music theme, poetry, Time
Lisa chose the music theme TIME for this week, which she posted in a TIMELY manner on her blog, giving us all plenty of TIME to prepare. Yet timely or not I am late!
When we are young we think we will life forever! we think we are invincible.We have a lot to learn.
Time is on my side The Rolling Stones
We can find ourselves caught up in a time warp!
time warp
Metronome Tick Tock
Sitting on the Piano top is the metronome
Guiding you unable to stop music in your home
Tick! Tock! Tick !Tock! you must never cease
Making music as the notes bring you release
So in syncopating trance you are hypnotized
Tick! Tock ! your music is highly prized.
Music is a guiding light and it leads you
Up on to a new height, timing good and true
Bish bash! Bish bash hit those keys keeping music coming
you always have a crowd to please, high low keep them humming
Great rhythm belting out hear that appreciative shout so
Bish bash! Hit those keys watch the metronome and follow.
Written by willow21 Nov 2011
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Time after time we make the same mistakes, we do the same things over
Time after Time.
time after time Cyndi Lauper
Then the special days, hatching , matchings and despatching’s! Special times
Party times, family times happy times!!
Chawki Time of our Lives
Then suddenly you realize you are not immortal, you are not invincible !
Jim Croce Time in a bottle
Time runs out……….
Race of life ,passing of time.
Death lives time dies
Clock face out of pace , time flies its a race.
Tick tock out of space turn and run fall from grace.
Time flies, crooks and spies . Dead bodies fester maggots and blue flies.
Life comes life goes death travels on, no one knows where he goes.
Tick tock ,plip plop dripping tap racing clock. Watch your toes on the starting block.
Peddle peddle wheels go round changing gears drowns the sound
Of horses hoofs on the ground.
Big eyes tell lies, open mouths catch flies. Death lives time flies!
Written by willow21 Feb 2013
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Oh if only you could turn back time…………..
Clocks ColdPlay
The Scientist ColdPlay
And now my time has run out because time is a thief!
Time theif
Time is now, there is neither past nor future.
We stand here in the moment. We can’t go back and rewrite what has gone before.
There is no way that we can influence what is to come. “What” I hear you say. “We can plan, we can organize.”
photo credit google image
You are fooling yourselves you may be able to influence some things but not the important.
Take your chance now. “Do not put off to tomorrow that which can be done today.”
A truer statement has not been made. Don’t let the future rob you of the now.
Do not let the past wrap you up in remorse, regret or even yearning.
It is gone and never will return, if you are lucky it may have taught you something.
The future is a thief, beware it does not steal your chance to do things. It robs by slight and stealth. Tomorrow I will meet you, tomorrow I will come, I won’t forget to ring you but yet tomorrow never comes.
I wish I had, if only, if only once again it’s gone and past and all that lasts is eternal pain.
The lessens are there for learning and once we really look the lines are clear the pages open so take a close, close look my dear.
Written by willow21
Please check out the other themists!
04 Dec 2013 28 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: excitement, Films, Music, planets, poetry, Space travel, the sun, theme, Video
Stars like Dice
She picked the stars up like dice
and threw them once and threw twice.
Till they were scattered in the sky,
an amazing mix to beguile the eye.
Then colouring a deep indigo
she made a stunning backdrop for the stars to show.
There was such a stunning light
and she decided to call it night.
She spread her arms out far and wide
and defied any soul to reach the other side.
All day she played at this
and every now an then she would ignite a sun with just a kiss.
Galaxy after Galaxy she set out within her being.
She was unsure if she was travelling to, or fleeing.
Then she had a mad idea, made a planet green and blue
and planted the seed for me and you.
Eventually she got bored and looked for some new employment
she made oceans and land and all of that was for our enjoyment.
But as she was growing tired
and so she made something less inspired.
From within her tired mind
she created mankind.
https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/stars-like-dice/
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Beatles Good days Sunshine
Pink floyd darkside of the moon!
Orion
Journey to the Center of the Sun
Death Of The Sun [Full]
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ONCE UPON A MOON
Look at me sitting on the moon
watching stars as they past me, whizz and zoom.
I spent all day making more
you can count and keep a score.
I have attached by ribbons bright to my moon the most bright
so you can sit and view them tonight.
I have searched the the skies at night
for new stars out on their maiden flight.
I can see stories in this universe
so many things which cannot be reversed.
Rushing fast present, future past
the truths the lies the dye is cast.
Stars are golden, stars are bright
stars dance unendingly all through their life.
They see things we never dreamed of colours, vistas of dust
over millennia they have form a planets’ crust.
Stars are sparkly stars are light ….
if only we would treat them right
https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/once-upon-a-moon/
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FAREWELL TO EARTH
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(A Sonnet to a dying Earth. Eight lines A,B. A,B A,B A,B )
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It was hard to leave, hard to understand
Some tried hard to save our Earth
The others ignored the facts out of hand.
Where once was green and plenty all was now dust and dearth.
I was not alone there were others of us there
Set upon this lonely moon
Destined , now to travel who knows where.
Afraid and frightened I sat marooned
https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/farewell-to-earth/
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Ambient space music. Travel to another planet with only your headphones
Stellardrone – Pale Blue Dot
Stellardrone – The Edge Of Forever
Measuring the Speed of Light – Wonders of the Universe : Professor Brian Cox.
Carl Sagan Glorious Dawn
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TWINKLE TWINKLE
They told me the job was easy, the told me my days would be free
but the fact that it would take me eons to complete was the fact they kept from me.
They asked if I was serious, they inquired if I was trustworthy, hard working and able to work alone.
They forgot to tell me my eyes would be completely boggled every morning when I got home.
They gave me a computer a pad and pen
and they threw in broadband but after that I did not hear from them again!
Their medical division offered me some dark glasses but I think that was a joke.
The scientific section got me a telescope. I was all excited with this job and so full of hope.
They showed me my work station, it was in a field
they bought me in a ergonomic chair, across the grass it wheeled.
I was allowed two tea breaks and a 30 minute lunch
but definitely no coffee at my desk, and they threw in some coloured bands so I could keep my pens all in a bunch.
They gave me an umbrella in case there should be rain
and a little woolly hat just to protect my brain.
So now I was ready excited and inspired
I was determined to make them glad that it was me they had hired.
Now I hear your brain ticking I know what you want to know
what is it that my job is and why does it please me so.
I have to count the stars all of them up in the skies.
Which means I shall be busy every night with stars before my eyes!
ps And now they have me working and my contract has begun
They have moved the blooming goal posts and they want me to also map the Sun??!!
https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/twinkle-twinkle/
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01 Nov 2013 9 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: Music, painting, poetry, Sculptures, writing
Art Theme
poetry in motion ;
“Poetry in Motion” is a UK number-one single of 1961, recorded among others by Johnny Tillotson.
The song was written by Paul Kaufman (1930–1999) and Mike Anthony (born 1930), who said that the inspiration
for it came from looking up from their work and seeing a procession of young ladies from a nearby school pass by on the sidewalk outside each afternoon. Bill Porter supervised the recording session in Nashville, Tennessee, which featured saxophonist Boots Randolphand pianist Floyd Cramer. An alternative version, with King Curtis on saxophone, was recorded some weeks earlier and published by Bear Family Records in 2011. In the US Billboard Hot 100, “Poetry in Motion” peaked at number 2 in November 1960; in the U.K., it hit # 1 in January 1961 and also made the charts on reissue in 1979.
“Poetry in Motion” was also recorded by Bobby Vee as track No 8 on his 1961 album Bobby Vee and there was a cover version made titled “Pejskové se koušou” (Dogs Bite Each Other) by Czech singer Marie Pojkarová.
The song was covered by Mud in 1982 Learn more
Mona Lisa Song by Nat King Cole : “Mona Lisa” is a popular song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A.(1950). The title and lyrics refer to the renaissance portrait Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950. Learn more
Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs (with lyrics) : Brian & Michael are a British music duo best known for their 1978 UK number one hit single, “Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs“. Without further chart entries, they remain one-hit wonders in the UK. They comprise two members: Michael Coleman and Kevin Parrott. Learn more
LS Lowry has inspired two songs. Brian and Michael’s Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dog
is indigestibly twee, but suspend any anti-Quo prejudices because Pictures of Matchstick Men is
a stand-alone psychedelic classic.
Status Quo Pictures of Matchstick Men
Status Quo :
Status Quo are an English rock band whose music is characterized by their distinctive brand of boogie rock.
The group originated in The Spectres, founded by schoolboys Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster in 1962.
After a number of lineup changes, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969.
They have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, starting with 1967’s Psychedelic Rock hit Pictures Of Matchstick Men,
and the most recent being in 2010, which is more than any other rock group. 22 of which reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1991, Status Quo received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.[4]
Status Quo starred in their first feature film Bula Quo! which was released to cinemas in July 2013. The film coincided with the release of the soundtrack album Bula Quo!. The first single from the album, the track Bula Bula Quo was released in June 2013, and is Status Quo’s one hundredth single release. More here
The Night Watch King Crimson :
King Crimson are a progressive rock band. Founded in London in 1968 by a group of musicians from western England (but featuring a transatlantic lineup from 1981 onwards), the band is widely recognised as a foundational progressive rock group despite the band’s own resistance to the label. The band has incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during its history (including jazz and folk music, classical and experimental music, psychedelic rock, hard rock and heavy metal, New Wave, gamelan, electronica and drum and bass).
The band’s line-up has persistently altered throughout their existence, with eighteen musicians and three lyricists passing through the ranks. The only musician to appear in every line-up of the band has been founding guitarist Robert Fripp, although others’ tenures have sometimes extended for decades. Due to the number of musicians involved in King Crimson over the years (and the band’s emphasis on creativity and on recruiting high-level players) the band is at the hub of a network of other bands and projects, and has been influential to many contemporary musical artists. The band has a large following, despite garnering little radio or music video airplay. Learn more
The Night Watch or The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq (Dutch: De Nachtwacht) is the common name of one of the most famous works by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.
The painting may be more properly titled by its long since forgotten name The Company of captain Frans Banning Cocq and lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch preparing to march out. In the 18th century the painting became known as the Night Watch. It is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as the best known painting in its collection. The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings in the world.
Learn more here
Duran Duran Girls on film
“Girls on Film” is the third single by Duran Duran, released on 13 July 1981.
The single became Duran Duran’s Top 10 breakthrough in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at Number 5 in July 1981.
Its success was particularly gratifying for the band, who had personally selected it for release following the failure of its predecessor,
“Careless Memories“, which had been chosen by their record company, EMI. Its popularity provided a major boost to sales of the band’s
eponymous debut album, Duran Duran, which had been released a month earlier.
The song did not chart in the United States on its initial release, but it became popular and widely known after receiving heavy airplay on
MTV when the Duran Duran album was re-issued in 1983.
Learn more
Regina Spektor , Us she sings about a statue and it is a favourite video and song of mine!
“Us” is the fifth track from American singer Regina Spektor‘s major label debut Soviet Kitsch. It was officially released as a single in 2006 for her UK compilation album Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories by Regina Spektor. The song is notable for its use of a string quartet in addition to Spektor’s usual piano and vocals. The song was also used in a UEFA Champions League Final montage, by ITV. This song was used in the film (500) Days of Summer. Learn more
Who is Holly Kirby , find out here
We have had painters, Poets , Sculptors, now Dancers.
you know who Robbie Williams is but who was Bo jangles :
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949) was an American tap dancer
and actor of stage and film. Audiences enjoyed his understated style, which eschewed
the frenetic manner of the jitterbug in favor of cool and reserve; rarely did he use his upper body,
relying instead on busy, inventive feet, and an expressive face.
A figure in both the black and white entertainment worlds of his era, he is best known today for his dancing with Shirley Temple in a series of films during the 1930s, and for starring in the musical Stormy Weather (1943), loosely based on Robinson’s own life.
The Byrds :
02 Oct 2013 25 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: 20 syllables, Dancing, five line, joy, poetry, Tetracty
DANCE
Dance
Light toes
Cha-cha-cha
Flair skirt tip toe
Released mind flies high smiling lips sigh bye
22 Jun 2013 12 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: Arthurian, fun, joke, legend, photo, poem, Poems, poetry
Today is all rush rush so I am posting an Arthurian Haiku that I put on poetry corner a wonderful place to visit. Now it is important that you realize this little Haiku was written tongue in cheek. I do hope to be business as usual tomorrow!
Excalibur
All was silent all was calm
From below there arose an arm.
The birds where stilled and the breeze did drop.
The arm with the sword suddenly withdrew, kerplop!
24 Jun 2012 6 Comments
in Poems Tags: bigotry, death, hate, poetry, War
photo credit google images
CAT CALLS
And there they are the faces,
The last vestige and traces,
Of men/women brought asunder,
By all our foreign plunder.
All the Lance Corporals,
The private, soldier, trooper
18, 18, 18, 20, 26, 22, 28, 20, 24,
My age. Eyes fill with tear rage,
And I remember,
When I wore a uniform
And saw the boys born,
The same year as me,
Hiding behind a tree,
Staring through their sight,
Helmet pulled tight,
Crouched behind a wall,
Not issuing a cat call.
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photo credits google images
Where to start on this poem it describes the oddness that was the troubles . There is far too much HISTORY to document the reasons for “The Troubles”. What I will say is that they started back in 1688: William of Orange arrives
The British invite William of Orange, a Protestant prince from the Netherlands, to rule England and Scotland. When he arrives in Britain James II – the ruling, Catholic king – is deposed and flees to Ireland. In 1690 William defeats James at the Battle of the Boyne, in north-eastern Ireland, after which the Protestants who fought alongside William are known as Orangemen. The battle is commemorated every July12 with Orange marches.Since then so many things have happened. 1916: The Easter Rising,1919-1922: The war of independence, and partition,1922-26: Civil war and a split in Sinn Féin,1969: The Troubles begin in Northern Ireland
The Royal Ulster Constabulary attacks a Catholic civil rights protest. Counter-demonstrations by Protestant loyalists – so called for their “loyalty” to British rule – lead to escalating violence. Frustrated by what they see as the passivity of the IRA’s leadership, some members form a new group, which they call the Provisional IRA. 1971-72: Internment and Bloody Sunday,November-December 1974: The Birmingham bombings,The 1980s: Hunger strikes,1993-94: Independence declared and another ceasefire,July 1995: Riots over marches,February 9 1996: Ceasefire collapses The IRA bombs Canary Wharf in London, July 1997: Ceasefire restored,April 1998: The Good Friday agreement The Good Friday agreement is reached on April 10 1998,July-August 1998: Violence and the Omagh bombing,December 2004: Decommissioning deal unravels,2005
February: The IRA withdraws its offer to complete decommissioning. In April Gerry Adams appeals to the IRA to continue the deal.,… That was a bad year. So a long and sordid business not to mention what Cromwell did to the Irish and the plague of the potato famine .
It has been a bad patch of Anglo Irish history. That aside the poem speaks of the young soldiers sent to Ireland on the streets of Ulster in uniform and carrying weapons coping with lads and lasses their own age, older people they should respect. The people of Ulster not wanting the soldiers there and the soldiers not wanting to be there either. Sad a very sad chapter of history, you can read about it here .
Young men patrolling strange streets exchanging glances and thoughts with young people so near to them in age. As in all war too many deaths young and old for no good reasons!
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photo credits http://www.ulsterherald.com/
Catherine Brogan is a performance poet from Omargh, Northern Island , who now lives in London. She was born in 1985. Her poetry reflects on the violence in Northern Ireland referred to as often, a conflict, a war but more often than not “The Troubles”.
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Poetry Challenge #7 is to create a journal of links and your reactions to poems by established (living or dead poets.) Details are here. Example response is here. Mr. Linky for Challenge #7 is directly below:
If we were having coffee , every Sunday
Author of literary fiction and short stories
Short stories from a fiction addict
Lance Greenfield - Night Writer
Books, Poems, Stories...and a cup of coffee, or two!
The untold tales of paths trodden, fears conquered and battles won.
Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Because Life is Colourful
Aspiring Author and Poet
Author, Poet, Storyteller
musings on life, love, people, why we're here and where we're going
Horror and Dark Fiction, and assorted other topics
Gifts from the Musey Lady and Me. "Laissez-moi vous raconter ma vraie histoire."
Hoping to make the world more beautiful
Keep Moving Forward
Kyrosmagica Publishing - The Magical Home of Books, Writing and Inspiration
About fantastical places and other stuff
By popular demand.
There is no common truth, but there are facts.
My view, tho' somewhat askew...
Music, Musings, Memoir, and Madness
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day." 2 Corinthians 4:16
poetry, writings & rants; hope in the margins
Shorts, Novels, and Other Things
As Always, More to Come
Life in progress
Writing and Reading
Words and Words are all I have!
A Modern Mystery School
Writing, the Universe and whatever occurs to me
The Official Website for the Best Blogging Event of the Year!
The ups and downs of a working mum
Our Thoughts Influence Our Life.
Fiction Writing
How you see life depends on how you look at things
Giving and Receiving Blessings
Tigers not daughters
Writer
Echoes of Life, Love and Laughter
Solve et Coagula
