Day: February 13, 2022

In the Plaza by Kees van Dongen

~ JezzieG
In the Plaza, or Women at the Balustrade by Kees van Dongen

In the Plaza, or Women at the Balustrade
1911
Expressionism
Oil on canvas
Musée de l’Annonciade, Saint Tropez, France

An early work by Van Dongen, ‘In the Plaza’ is an amalgam of cultural influences. Inspired by the sights and sounds of Flamenco dancers following a trip to Spain and the Chinese patterns encompassed with tributes to the motifs of Francisco Goya a mystery woman leans over a balustrade. The viewer is left wondering what it is she sees that makes her smile

Kees van Dongen

Kees van Dongen
Fauvism, Expressionism
Born: 26 January 1877, Delfshaven, Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch-French
Died: 28 May 1968, Monet Carlo, Monaco

Van Dongen was a painter and one of the leading Fauves. His early work often influenced by the Hague School and symbolism evolved in a rough pointillist style and became more radical in the use of colour and form. Van Dongen is known for his sensuous, sometimes garish, portraits of women

You’ll Never Walk Alone by Kiri Te Kanawa

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You’ll Never Walk Alone
1992
Opera

Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri Te Kanawa
Opera
Born: 6 March 1944, Gisborne, New Zealand
Nationality: New Zealander

Te Kanawa is a retired opera singer best known for her full lyric soprano voice. She has received accolades from across the world particularly for her performances of Mozart, Strauss, Handel, Puccini, and Verdi. In her later career, Te Kanawa performed concerts and recitals. Her final performance was in Ballarat, Australia in 2016

Arcane Echo

~ JezzieG

Arcane Echo
Form: Free Verse

Invasions of belief
culling the ancient ways
murdering souls in flame and faith
declaring the old language dead
but their words
words of blood and genocide
of rape and torture
the remains of killing the innocent
and the stealing of their lands
in the name of power
mean nothing now
for the arcane words of long ago
words of survival and rebirth
echo in the children

©JGFarmer2022

Jeepster by T Rex

~ JezzieG
T Rex

T Rex

The English rock band T. Rex was formed in 1967 by Marc Bolan, the band’s singer-songwriter and guitarist. Under their original band name of Tyrannosaurus Rex they released four psychedelic albums. From 1969 Bolan began to shift from an acoustic sound to an electric one and shortened the name to T. Rex. Bolan was killed in a car crash in 1977 shortly after the band’s final album Dandy in the Underworld. However, T. Rex has continued to exert influence on a variety of subsequent artists since then.

Jeepster
Album: Electric Warrior
Date: 1971
Genre: Glam Rock

Lyrics by Marc Bolan

You’re so sweet
You’re so fine
I want you all and everything
Just to be mine

‘Cos you’re my baby
‘Cos you’re my love
Girl I’m just a Jeepster
For you love

You slide so good
With bones so fair
You’ve got the universe
Reclining in your hair

Just like a car
You’re pleasing to behold
I’ll call you Jaguar
If I may be so bold

The wild winds blow
Upon your frozen cheeks
The way you flip your hip
It always makes me weak

Your motivation
Is so sweet
Your vibrations
Are burning up my feet

Girl I’m just a jeepster
For your love
Girl I’m just a vampire
For your love

I’m gonna suck you

An Invitation to Participate in the Virtual Poetorium for February 22nd, 2022…

~ JezzieG

Paul's Poetry Playground

Dear Readers,

I am very pleased to announce that this month the Virtual Poetorium is back from its hiatus in January and we will be producing our 19th edition (if you count our special Scaretorium and Ho-Ho-etoriums) with the very talented Robert Eugene Perry (author of Surrendering to the Path) as our featured poet. Once again like we have done in the past, I’d like to once again open up this February’s Virtual Poetorium for anyone who would like to participate and invite all my fellow bloggers and faithful readers (or just anyone just happening to read this) to be a part of our unique online poetry gathering in print.

To be part of our virtual open mic this month, please send us one to three of your own original poems or stories (under 2000 words altogether please) either in a Word document file or pasted in the body…

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