Day: March 28, 2022

The Lullaby

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The Lullaby
Form: Ballade Supreme
Theme: Love
Subject: Parenthood

That babe in arms was you my son
All bathed and dried, ready for bed
The future of you just begun
I kissed my love upon your head
Wishing you joy where’re you tread
Through good and bad my love is true
But now you have sleeping to do
For my love you’ll always keep
A blessing from my soul to you
As I would sing you to your sleep
That playful child was you my son
Exploring life that lay ahead
Beneath your feet and summer sun
Gathering joy as grazes bled
I would cry when I saw that red
Wishing I could take pain from you
I’d patch you up best I could do
And wipe those tears you dared to weep
Promised I’d always be there to
As I would sing you to your sleep
Now a man that is you my son
Doing it your way, your path to tread
I’m so proud of all you’ve done
I’m behind you where’re you head
The moral rock in words unsaid
My son no matter what you do
I’m the loud voice gunning for you
My shoulder where you come to weep
When things go wrong and you feel blue
Still I would sing you to your sleep
A mother’s love is always true
That don’t change despite what we do
My babe in arms beyond skin-deep
No matter what I’m there for you
Perhaps I’ll sing you to your sleep

©JGFarmer2022

Madness by The Muse

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The Muse

The Muse

The Muse are a rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, England. Formed in 1994 the band consists of Matt Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Chris Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Dominic Howard (drums). The Muse released their debut album, ‘Showbiz’, in 1999. The band has received numerous awards including two Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, and eight NME Awards.

Madness
Album: The 2nd Law
Date: 2012
Genre: Progressive Metal

Lyrics by Matthew James Bellamy

I, I can’t get these memories out of my mind
And some kind of madness has started to evolve
I, I tried so hard to let you go
But some kind of madness is swallowing me whole, yeah

I have finally seen the light
And I have finally realized
What you mean
Oh oh oh

And now, I need to know is this real love
Or is it just madness keeping us afloat?
And when I look back at all the crazy fights we had
Like some kind of madness
Was taking control
Yeah

And now I have finally seen the light
And I have finally realized
What you need
Mm

But now I have finally seen the end (finally seen the end)
And I’m not expecting you to care (expecting you to care)
That I have finally seen the light (finally seen the light)
I have finally realized (realized)
I need to love
I need to love

Come to me
Trust in a dream
Come on and rescue me
Yes I know, I can be wrong
And maybe I’m too headstrong
Our love is
Madness

Maria by Kees van Dongen

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Maria by Kees van Dongen

Maria
1907-10
Fauvism
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA

As the Fauve group was unravelling, ‘Maria’ brought together some of the features of Fauvism such as expressive use of unmixed colours and pictorial flatness, however, Van Dongen also introduces the element of realism thus marking a turning point in his art.

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 was 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

Marco Polo by Loreena McKennitt

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Marco Polo
1997
New Age

Loreena McKennitt

Loreena McKennitt
New Age
Born: 17 February 1957, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality: Canadian

McKennitt is a singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist best known for Celtic and Middle Eastern-influenced world music. She is also known for her refined soprano vocals. McKennitt has sold over 14 million albums worldwide

I Say I Say I Say by Simon Armitage

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I Say I Say I Say

Anyone here had a go at themselves
for a laugh? Anyone opened their wrists
with a blade in the bath? Those in the dark
at the back, listen hard. Those at the front
in the know, those of us who have, hands up,
let’s show that inch of lacerated skin
between the forearm and the fist. Let’s tell it
like it is: strong drink, a crimson tidemark
round the tub, a yard of lint, white towels
washed a dozen times, still pink. Tough luck.
A passion then for watches, bangles, cuffs.
A likely story: you were lashed by brambles
picking berries from the woods. Come clean, come good,
repeat with me the punch line ‘Just like blood’
when those at the back rush forward to say
how a little love goes a long long long way.

Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage
Born: 20 May 1963, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK
Nationality: English

Armitage is a poet, novelist, and playwright. He is the University of Leeds Professor of Poetry. As of 10 May 2019, he holds the office of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom

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