Day: May 22, 2024

On Giving by Robert Graves

~ JezzieG
Robert Graves 1895-1985

On Giving

Those who dare give nothing
Are left with less than nothing;
Dear heart, you give me everything,
Which leaves you more than everything-
Though those who dare give nothing
Might judge it left you less than nothing.

Giving you everything,
I too, who once had nothing,
Am left with more than everything
As gifts for those with nothing
Who need, if not our everything,
At least a loving something

Robert Graves
Born: 18 July 1895, London, England
Nationality: English
Died: 7 December 1985, Deià, Spain

Graves was a poet, historical novelist, and critic. His father was the Irish poet Alfred Perceval Graves and both were Celticists and students of Irish mythology. Graves produced over 140 works in his lifetime. His poems, translations and innovative analysis of Greek mythology, memoirs, and his study of poetic inspiration “The White Goddess” have never been out of print

Martyrdom of Four Saints by Correggio

~ JezzieG
Martyrdom of Four Saints by Correggio

Martyrdom of Four Saints
1524
Renaissance
Oil on canvas
Parma National Gallery, Parma, Italy

‘Martyrdom of Four Saints’ portrays the 4th century Christian martyrs, Saint Flavia and her brother, Saint Placidus. Behind them, already dead, are the 6th-century martyrs, Saints Eutychus and Victorinus. Placidus and Flavia are about to be executed by two Roman soldiers in a forest setting. In the upper-right corner, an angel holds the palm of martyrdom

Correggio 1489-1534

Correggio
High Renaissance, The Baroque
Born: 30 August 1489, Correggio, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 5 March 1534, Correggio, Italy

A master of chiaroscuro Correggio was the best-known painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance. He was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the 16th century. His use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective, and dramatic foreshortening prefigured Baroque art of the 17th century and the Rococo art of the 18th century

French Canadian Sonnet Notes

~ JezzieG
A Garret Poet

French Canadian Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M Reyes
Structure: Two quatrains, a couplet, and a quatrain
Meter: Decasyllabic and pentameter
Rhyme Scheme: abba cddc ee fggf

Example

Cernunnos Rising by JezzieG

The sounds of morning echo from outside
As the sun awakens to the birdsong
And at last, the days are now getting long
For the days of spring can don’t need to hide

And though it may be warm or may be cold
As the winter battles to stay around
With stormy winds and rain upon the ground
The spring sunshine days are getting too bold

The sun, he rises calling his blue skies
His warmth spreading where the winter defies

But there’s no stopping it, the wheel must turn
Although the winter fights for all its worth
The new life is welcomed by Mother Earth
Cernunnos reborn, winter must adjourn