Taking Chances Form: Persepolis Sonnet Theme: Life Subject: A closed door
A doorway to where, a mystery to go A ready-made adventure and who’s to know What lies just beyond this, an unopened door I don’t know as I haven’t been there before Yet anticipation tingles on my tongue And I am ready to see that old door flung Open to a new tomorrow that could be Perhaps first just a crack to look out and see But as my hand touches the handle there A sudden chill shudders beneath my skin Instead of boldness I feel cold hard fear And I question if I should even dare To look, to peek and see what lies within Or should I simply stay where I am here?
Created by: Jose Rizal M. Reyes Structure: Three quatrains and a couplet Meter: Decasyllabic or pentameter Schema: abcb bcdc cded de
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Good Without God by Jez Farmer
Does his soul still linger on the Beagle And does he still sail to far away isles Where scientific truth spoke on a finch’s beak As we look at religion with knowing smiles Creationism blown to historic files We know the earth is anything but flat And a man is not made from piles of dust Still there are those who want to believe that And that science is just meaningless chat And if they must believe that then they must If it helps with living until they die Darwin never said that it was unjust But it is in nature I place my trust Because it’s better without god, that’s why
Christ blessing (The Saviour of the World) by El Greco
Christ blessing (The Saviour of the World) 1600 Mannerism Oil on canvas Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
The painting is a depiction of Christ holding one hand on a blue globe and pointed heavenward with the other. A light shining from behind and within him acts as a halo against the black background. Painted in El Greco’s signature fluid style the work possesses a profound aesthetic and psychological force given by the intense look in Christ’s eyes staring deep into the observer.
El Greco
El Greco Mannerism Born: 1 October 1541, Crete, Greece Nationality: Greek-Spanish Died: 7 April 1614, Toledo, Spain
El Greco was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. El Greco was a nickname giving reference to his Greek origins, but he normally signed his paintings in his birth name, Doménikos Theotokópoulos, in Greek (Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος). Born in Candia, now known as Crete, which as part of the Republic of Venice, Italy, and the centre of Post-Byzantine art, El Greco trained became a master of that tradition before travelling to Venice at aged 26. He moved to Rome in 1570, where he opened a workshop ad produced a series of work whilst enriching his style and techniques with elements of Mannerism and Venetian Renaissance. He moved to Toledo, Spain in 1577where lived and worked until his death
I feared their roar Of anger fuelled by their disgust I feared the roar And left my dreams to nothing more Concealing self in flecks of dust Sweet softness lost beneath stale crust I feared their roar.
I saw her smile The lines of life that she has seen I saw her smile And nothing mattered for a while Her granny smile, whatever's been She doesn’t care what words could mean I saw her smile.
Her love is mine No matter what I say or do Her love is mine When tears cascade, she makes it fine And holds my heart to what's true To see me smile with loving you, Her love is mine
Jezzie G 