Original poetry
Musings on Poetry, Art,
Music & Films
at Left Panel
TO GORD'S CAFÉ
Where the menu includes a variety of
poetry, art, music,& film
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life"
Pablo Picasso
TYGER- William Blake
An absolutely magical short by Guilherme Marcondes of Brazil, based on a William Blake poem. Tyger blends puppetry,
illustration, photography and CGI. Dreamy, mesmerizing, brilliant. Wow.
JOAN MIRO : HARLEQUINS CARNIVAL
Every night and every morn
Some to misery are born.
Every morn and every night
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.
WILLIAM BLAKE
ANDRE MASSON: THE MOON
Edith Piaf La môme - Je ne regrette rien
I Regret Nothing
VISIONS OF EXPERIENCE
Nick Cave-O'Chidren
from the album Abattoir Blues and
The Lyre Of Orpheus
Jacques Brel
From "T":
"A searing performance from his last
Olympia concert Jacques Brel enacts a story
of young man who is rejected
by his girl's petit bourgeois family.
He proceeds to demolish the members one by one.
The incredible facial expressions,
hand movements and body language,
as well as the simple mesmeric two chord
accompaniment add an unparalleled
theatricality to this performance."
CORVUS CORAX- DULCISSIMA
YVES TANGUY: I CAME LIKE I PROMISED
The Tiger Lillies -Bully Boys
This site contains my own poetry
& the poems of those
who in one way or another
influenced my writing
- I will also be presenting art & music
which I find inspiring
Poetry & art should be as detailed
& moving as
a laundry list - no less
& no more & yet make one laugh
-ancient sage
- SHE SAID -
by Gordon Coombes
don't go beyond your station
she said
as the train stopped -
after all these years
she said
finally you are silent -
read only comic books
she said
while watching television -
never rely on anyone
she said
as she walked away -
in the end we are alone
she said
as she hung up the phone -
- COFFEE & MUFFINS:
HAVE A MUFFIN SHE SAYS -
by Gordon Coombes
the cold rain pounds
against the window
and she says have a muffin -
the brown leaves are blown
to the ground
and she says have a muffin -
the darkness surrounds us
our island of light fading
and she says have a muffin -
the shadows of a thousand crows
pass over
and she says have a muffin -
the universe is winding down
as the sun goes NOVA
and she says have a muffin -
the love we had for each other is dying
just a convenient lie to get by
and she says have a muffin -
death squads patrol the city streets
the madmen have taken over
and she says have a muffin -
empires rise and fall
millions on the tv screen are dying
and she says have a muffin -
thousands roam the streets homeless
and she says have a muffin -
another friend fails in their ambition
as she strikes them off her guest list
and she says have a muffin -
take solace in your success
forget about the rest she says
as she bites into another hot buttered muffin -
a thousand mushroom clouds boiling
above the earth
and she says have a muffin -
missiles rain down upon us
and she says have a muffin -
planes crash into skyscrapers of steel & glass exploding
while she says have a muffin -
friends are rungs on the ladder to success
ditch any who stand in your way she said
and offered her guests coffee and muffins -
And no tea & sympathy from me
she added -
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JAMES ENSOR
BANQUET OF THE STARVED
Books I like to re-read : Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, Joyce Cary's THE HORSES MOUTH, Hemingway's A MOVEABLE FEAST,the
Bible, the Qur'an , Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, & Tao Te Ching & The Tao Of Pooh -
Food I eat daily: curried chicken & rice
HENRI ROUSSEAU
BOHEME
And here's some of my favourite music:
Classical Music includes The Usual Suspects : Bach, Mozart, Beethoveen, Brahms , Eric Satie , Ravel, Debussy, Chopin,
Rachmaninov, Gregorian Chant, various opera & Mahler, Copland,Sibelius, Grieg ,especially violin & cello Conciertos
