Day: February 7, 2024

Fields of Soria by Antonio Machado

~ JezzieG
Antonio Machado 1875-1939

Fields of Soria
1910

Hills of silver plate,
grey heights, dark red rocks
through which the Duero bends
its crossbow arc
round Soria, shadowed oaks,
stone dry-lands, naked mountains,
white roads and river poplars,
twilights of Soria, warlike and mystical,
today I feel, for you,
in my hearts depths, sadness,
sadness of love! Fields of Soria,
where it seems the stones have dreams,
you go with me! Hills of silver plate,
grey heights, dark red rocks

Antonio Machado
Born: 26 July 1875, Seville, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Died: 22 February 1939, Collioure, France

Machado was a poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement Generation of ’98. His early modernist work evolved into an intimate form of symbolism with a romantic characteristic. Machado’s style engaged with humanity with a Taoist contemplation of existence

Found Poetry Notes

~ JezzieG ~ 2 Comments
A Garret Poet

Found Poetry Notes

Found poetry is the discovery of words that were never meant to be a poem, and turning those words as they were originally into a poem. Newspaper and magazine articles, snippets of overheard conversations on the bus, instructions, recipes, mail shots, spam emails, and absolutely anything else can be used.

With Found poetry, the poet doesn’t alter the words but makes line breaks, cuts out the excess, or even adds a bit of punctuation to create a Found poem. Often a Found poem will change the message of the original words without changing the words.

Example

Sweet Treasure by JezzieG

Mermaid,
a vault of treasures
tears formed of pearls
luscious hair woven
into finest of silk
exquisite marine blood
a euphoric drug
the vampires crave
and their tender flesh
the werewolves savour as Ambrosia

The Blues

~ JezzieG

The Blues
Form: Mondo

With your gloomy eyes
A face forgotten its smile
Just what the hell’s bugging you

I’m too tired to think
Can’t breathe if I try to sleep
Damn it, it’s the Covid blues

©JezzieG2024

Hill House by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

~ JezzieG
Hill House by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Hill House
1904
Architecture
Stone, iron, glass, wood, textiles
Helensburgh, Scotland

‘Hill House,’ the only Mackintosh building still standing in its entirety, highlights Mackintosh’s eclectic tastes and influences. Thick walls push the front door into a recessed portico giving it the appearance of a portal between worlds. Light floods into the house through stained glass windows and the reflections change as the sun moves through the day

Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1868-1928

Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Art Nouveau, The Vienna Secession, Symbolism
Born: 7 June 1868, Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality: Scottish
Died: 10 December 1928, London, England

Mackintosh was an architect, designer, watercolourist, and artist. His approach and stylistics had much in common with European Symbolism and his work, alongside that of his wife Margaret MacDonald, is considered to have been influential on European design movements such as Art Nouveau and Secessionism. Mackintosh is considered to be among the most influential figures of Modern Style and British Art Nouveau

Koto Song by Dave Brubeck

~ JezzieG
Dave Brubeck 1920-2012

Koto Song
1964
Jazz

Dave Brubeck
Jazz
Born: 6 December 1920, California, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 5 December 2012, Connecticut, USA

Brubeck was a jazz pianist and composer, regarded as one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. His music is characterized by unusual time signatures and the superimposing of contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities

A Year in the Life – Day 77

~ JezzieG

Day 77
Prompt: Do you believe in miracles

Hi Nigel,

‘Hiya! Religion again?’

Not necessarily, miracles are not solely the jurisdiction of religion. I suspect it all depends on what the word miracle means to you.

‘Well it isn’t the impossible stuff religions make it out to be, is it?’

Not in my mind, but others won’t agree.

‘To me, the fact there is life on this planet is a miracle.’

Absolutely.

The fact there is still life on this planet despite man’s efforts to destroy it is another’

I think there will always be life here humans might not be

‘True, nature will find a way no matter what humans do.’

Oh, yes, and she isn’t shy in reminding us of that.

‘I hope you don’t mean wars’

Nooo! Wars are caused by humans; they are not natural.

‘I’ve heard some say wars are god’s will’

Not that there are gods, but if there were they wouldn’t want us to destroy ourselves or the planet, that is just hewie. It’s making excuses to force ideology on others, blaming it on a god is crap.

‘Haha! I knew you’d say something like that’

I mean natural disasters or aggressive nature. They happen, there is nothing humans can do to stop them – it is part of nature.

‘Mother Nature isn’t always kind’

It’s not nature being unkind, mate. It’s nature being nature. Since the bang this piece of space dust we call home has been evolving and growing, it is still evolving and growing.

‘And Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes are part of that?’

They always have been, and always will be.

‘But that’s saying living things are just in the way’

We only have to look at the dinosaurs to know that nature won’t let current life stop her

‘The planet was almost dead’

Almost, but almost is not dead is it?

‘True, and new life evolved from the ashes.’

It won’t have been the first time, and I have no doubt it won’t be the last.

‘So it is a miracle humans are here at all’

And if we survive the next one that will be an even bigger miracle. See you tomorrow, Nige

©JezzieG2024