Poetry, stories, art, and music from the desk of Jezzie G, a writer without a label
Lauda Sion
Religious Music
François Couperin
Classical
Born: 10 September 1688, Paris, France
Nationality: French
Died: 11 September 1733, Paris, France
Couperin was a Baroque composer, organist, and harpsichordist, He is referred to as Couperin le Grand to distinguish him from the other members of the musical Couperin family
First snow
First snow
falling
on the half-finished bridge
Matsuo Basho
Born: 1644, Iga Province, Japan
Nationality: Japanese
Died: 28 November 1694, Osaka, Japan
Matsuo Bashō was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. He was recognized for his poetry in the hakai no renga form during his lifetime. Today he is considered the greatest hokku, haiku master. Bashō’s poetry is globally renowned and in Japan, his poems are reproduced on monuments and other traditional sites. Although justifiably famous for his hokku, he believed his best work was leading and participating in renku
Ghost Dance
Form: Free Verse
The drum beats fast the heart beats faster still
pulsating rhythm calling days of old
rejecting doctrines from the Burning Times
that led to rape and torture before death
upon the flaming pyre to feed the cross
on stolen lands, they claimed their gold and wealth
yet left our world to burn and die in filth
my heart beats faster in their poisoned air
Forget not the burning times
©JezzieG2024
Under a Violet Moon
Album: Under a Violet Moon
Date: 1999
Genre: Folk
Artist: Blackmore’s Night
Blackmore’s Night is a neo-medieval folk-rock band formed in 1997. Consisting of mainly Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic guitar, hurdy-gurdy, mandola, mandolin, nyckelharpa, and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocalists, lyricist, and woodwinds). The band has released eleven studio albums
Hogs Killing a Rattlesnake
c. 1930
American Realism
Oil on canvas
The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Curry is best known for his socially and historically located canvases and murals of actual people, communities, and geographies. However, ‘Hogs Killing a Rattlesnake’ is a move into a rarefied space. With its violent and verdant composition centered around a dark hole in the trunk of the tree, the painting communicates a sense of vitality within the natural world’s forces with a pounding rhythm and energy celebrating the pulse and cycle of life and death
John Steuart Curry
American Realism, American Regionalism
Born: 14 November 1897, Kansas, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 19 August 1946, Wisconsin, USA
Curry was a painter noted for his depictions of rural life in his home state of Kansas. Alongside Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, Curry was hailed as one of the three great painters of American Regionalism of the early 20th century
Day 96
Prompt: Have you ever been on television?
Hi Nigel,
Hiya! Hell, no and I would avoid it like the plague. Have you?’
Yes, twice, and you are right to avoid it like the plague
‘It is that hideous then’
Yes, and some
‘What on earth made you do it? It seems a bit out of character for you to say the least.’
The school choir and bloody Joseph
‘Come again?’
That’s enough said mate
‘Haha! Have you lived it down yet?’
Totally and there is, thankfully, zero evidence in the archives of TV
‘Didn’t you video it?’
To my eternal gratitude that wasn’t an option back then
‘Haha! Back in the dark ages of the mid-70s then’
Yes, oh they were wonderful
‘You really don’t like technology and media?’
Loathe it, but what can one do but live with it and try and avoid the world of snowflakes it has created
‘Snowflakes being the ones with opinions that get easily offended you would throw to the gladiators as lion feed?’
Haha! I wouldn’t do that
‘Huh, I don’t believe you’
Believe me, I think more of lions than to let them eat snowflakes
‘Ah, your compassion for lions would win out.’
Naturally, they are beautiful, majestic cats, why spoil their diet with retards and fuck wits. Give me some credit, I may not be as animal-orientated as you but really? Besides the gladiators would dispose of them in some delicious gory way without harming any animals
‘The ancient civilizations did have some wicked methods of execution; it has to be said.’
Indeed, they make hanging, drawing, and quartering seem relatively painless
‘Which ones did the spike through the guts and being left to die?’
That special treat was the reward for treason against the mighty Pharaohs of Egypt. I guess you have been reading my books again
‘Haha! You think?
Haha! I know
‘There aren’t many places one can jump from Peter Rabbit to methods of execution throughout history.’
Whatever inspires you, mate
‘It would make awesome but gruesome art – which would be cool’
Nige, you are one sick puppy sometimes.
‘I ain’t the one who bought the book – so woof right back at ya’
Haha! Fair enough. See you tomorrow, Nige
©JezzieG2024
Inspired by and written for the Ragtag Daily Prompt, my thanks to Martha Kennedy
Form: Bina
Created to generate fear
To avoid it we must live their way
Religion is the fear of going the wrong way
Yet spirituality is found fighting through fear
Be brave, my son, face your fear and follow your own way
©JezzieG2024
Jezzie G 