Poetry, stories, art, and music from the desk of Jezzie G, a writer without a label
Once There Were Dragons
2019
Film and TV
John Powell
Film and TV
Born: 18 September 1963, London, UK
Nationality: English
fortyPowell is a composer known for his film scores, since 1997 he has been based in Los Angeles and has composed feature film scores including ‘Face/Off’, ‘Happy Feet’, and ‘X-Men’
Greens
Lid’s on, steam’s risin’:
collard greens, Lord, bubblin’ JAZZ!
That’s appetizin’
James A Emanuel
Born: 15 June 1921, Nebraska, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 28 September 2013, Paris, France
Emanuel was a poet and a scholar. He is renowned as one of the best and most neglected poets of the 20th century and published more than 300 poems, 13 books, and an influential anthology of African-American literature, Emanuel is credited with the creation of the jazz and blues haiku genre, often read with a musical accompaniment
Warriors
Album: Smoke + Mirrors
Date: 2015
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Artist: Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons is a pop rock group formed in Nevada in 2008, The current line-up consists of vocalist Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Semon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman. Their debut album ‘Night Visions’ (2012) resulted in the chart-topping singles ‘Radioactive’ and ‘Demons’
Autumn Skies and Wild Seas
Form: Free Verse
A child of the wind
I was raised by the wild trees
And the roar of the crashing waves
Of the stormy seas
I was taught to fly
Freely through the darkening skies
And to ride on the crest
Of the waters into the mist
I was raised by autumnal leaves
Crushed by calloused feet
Upon a gravel path
And the earthy smell of
Leading me to the sea’s sensual aroma
Not for me the echo of ping-pong balls
Inside the shells of the youth club
And village hall where old men
Shuffled around the billiard table
To the sounds of glasses filling with beer
For I am the son of the Autumn skies
Of cold nights whipping up the winds
A child raised for destiny
Of the wild seas
©JezzieG2024
Landscape from a Dream
1936-38
Surrealism
Oil on canvas
Collection of the Tate, United Kingdom
‘Landscape from a Dream’ is considered as the culmination of Nash’s personal response to Surrealism. Completed after Nash visited the International Surrealist Exhibition of 1936 it is inspired by the Surrealists’ fascination with Freud as well as their theories surrounding the power of dreams.
Paul Nash
Surrealism
Born: 11 May 1889, London, England
Nationality: British
Died: 11 July 1946, Bournemouth, England
Nash was a surrealist painter, war artist, photographer, writer, and designer of applied art. Among the most important landscape artists of the first half of the 20th century, Nash played an important role in the evolution of Modernism in English art
Day 117
Prompt: Has anything in your career surprised you
Hi Nigel,
‘Hiya! Yes, a few things’
Like what?
‘The big one is just how few tubes of paint you really need’
Haha! You fell into the buy-as-many=shades=pf=colour that you can trap, huh?
‘No, worse than that’
Oh no, I think I know what’s coming
‘The buy-the=preset-kits-of-paint as it’s a bargain trap’
Got that t-shirt
‘Yeah, what they don’t tell you is half the tubes will never be used and end up in the bin’
Yeah
‘It would have been more of a bargain to buy the paints I used separately, and in artist-quality’
Haha! Artist-quality paints never come in preset kits
‘There’s a reason for that’
I assume a very good one
‘Artists know not to bother with kits, and AQ doesn’t come in nearly as many shades as artists know how to mix’
Some of us amateurs can mix
‘I know you can, you have eight tubes of paint in your box’
You’ve looked then
‘Yeahp, just being curious like’
So what else surprised you?
‘Would you believe to make flesh tones requires green’
I admit I found that a bit weird too
‘And the hideous over-green results when you first start mixing it’
Haha! Indeed, it takes a bit of practice
‘Until you get it right just call it surrealism’
Haha! Are you trying to choke me on my coffee?
‘Sorry. The fact is even with practice it is a pain’
Nige, step into the new age, mate, you can buy flesh tones in tubes now
‘Typical now I mainly paint animals and don’t bloody need them’
I only need it if I do fantasy work
‘You can make flesh any colour in fantasy though’
Yes, but if you use the flesh tones as a base you can add the fantastical to it.
‘Oh, how very Boris’
You know Boris, now I am surprised.
‘I know and enjoy his work’
That is too cool. See you tomorrow, Nige. I will leave you with some awesomeness
©JezzieG2024
Inspired by and written for the Ragtag Daily Prompt, my thanks to Tracy
Form: Triplet
Grinding sounds of anger
She bares her teeth in rage
She’s past growling, time to run
It’s too late to make your sin good
Back off, while you still can
The dog is saying she is done
©JezzieG2024
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