#poem, Háblame de los buenos tiempos…

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HÁBLAME DE LOS BUENOS TIEMPOS

Háblame de los buenos tiempos papá,

de cuando el águila negra, volaba orgullosa y libre,

de cuando rezábamos y la virgen nos concedía lo pedido,

de cuando la familia era lo más preciado y querido.

Háblame de los buenos tiempos,

cuando el hombre aún era hombre y la mujer seductora.

Háblame del orgullo por nuestra patria preciosa.

Háblame de nuestra historia,

del uniforme planchado,

del militar que luchaba por el más débil y honrado.

Lucharon por un futuro de prosperidad y paz,

por la unidad de este reino, que no se rompa jamás,

por mantener lo que tanto esfuerzo ha costado,

por lo que nuestros abuelos

con amor nos enseñaron…

Háblame de los buenos tiempos mamá,

del domingo, el paso doble, cuando El Cordobés toreaba,

de recordar las hazañas de los héroes de la guerra,

de cuando todos amaban este cielo y esta tierra.

Háblame de los buenos tiempos,

cuando la nuestra bandera

era roja y amarilla,

no morada y sin estrella,

del respeto a los mayores,

de los niños obedientes,

del castigo a malhechores,

del orujo frio y tan verde,

y de cuando un beso,

era un gesto de amistad

y no delito perverso…

Háblenme mamá y papá

que extraño tanto esos tiempos…

Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 29 de agosto de 2023, Valencia, España

Music for a Thursday!

(The Mamas & The Papas 1965-1968-Photo Art.com)

They were from Los Angeles, California and in many ways they were a defining force for the counter-culture of the 1960’s. That might seem a trifle naïve in this day and age, after we have seen the result and many other changes as well. But what was happening in the 60’s was unique, spiritual, material, real, and original. It served as the catalyst that launched us towards this strange world we live in. However, the great music, rock/folk/country/Latin, was the best ever, surpassed only by the 70’s but then a steady downward spiral took over music in most of the world, lamentably…

The Mamas & The Papas had many hit songs. One of my faves is «I Saw Her Again», but here are many for you to enjoy all day if you choose…

Cass Elliot, known as Mama Cass, died first in 1974… Papa John Phillips died in 2001… Denny Doherty died in 2007… Michelle Phillips, born in 1944 is still with us…

(Photo By CBS Television – eBay itemphoto frontphoto back, Public Domain)

Cheers…

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Bon dia – Buongiorno – Günaydın

(Foto El Mundo)

Ni la libertad ni la independencia se mendiga, se gana luchando. José Martí, apóstol de la libertad de Cuba. Libertad que tristemente perdió cuando un Judas llamado Fidel traicionó al pueblo y lo esclavizó con el comunismo.

#music, «Music for this Thursday!»

(Daniel Powter, Canada, 1971-Photo BMI)

He wrote this little beauty in 2005 and hails from British Columbia, Canada… that’s just about it, but the song is great. «You Had a Bad Day» was top of the Billboard Hot 100 for five whole weeks!

I reckon we’ve all had a bad day every once in a while…

Cheers…

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#music, James Taylor for the Middle of the Week!

(James Taylor, Boston, 1948-Photo http://www.jamesTaylor.com)

One of the first songs I ever learned to play (a non-Beatle song that is) was «Fire and Rain». And that was in 1970 when I was starting High School in Miami, Florida! Wow! So many years ago! I was really impressed with this North American singer-songwriter, singing calmly with his acoustic guitar while everybody else was jamming like maniacs. So I bought the album and «Sweet Baby James» quickly became one of my favourites…

Hope you like it…

I chose this version because I liked the story he told about writing this tune. I had no idea why it was called Sweet Baby James and now, after fifty two years, I know. Maybe it is the same for you…

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Un poema: (Euro-Ku) “La puerta mía”

Sin abrirse en el olvido queda cerrada la puerta,

nadie sale, nadie entra sólo el aire,

y el recuerdo de las risas, y los ecos de los pasos bailan con las hojas muertas.

C.2022, Francis Bravo Cabrera, 22 MAR 2022, València, España.

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El Euro-Ku es una forma poética que he desarrollado en homenaje al Haiku tradicional, pero con un pensamiento típicamente europeo. Debe ser escrito con palabras simples, expresar un pensamiento coherente y claro y estar acompañado de una foto original que aclare el mensaje de los versos, que son tres, sin limitaciones de sílabas.

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#poem, «The Door» (An Euro-Ku)

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As smoke that always finds the cracks and crevices to pass through wood that’s seen centuries race,

I pass each day through my front door like a ghost with a happy heart and a smiling face,

knowing that the door that lets me out keeps out the rains…

C.2022, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 20 March 2022, Valencia, Spain

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#poem, “Gertrudis Morejón” (Euro-Ku)

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Ya no se enfrenta a las sombras de humo que poblaban sus recuerdos,

ya sabe resistir y ya resiste sin temor, su compromiso, su valor,

es el futuro que la espera con abrazos y con besos y ella, con el filo intransigente de su coraza, conoce su razón.

C.2022, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 08 de marzo de 2022, Valencia, España

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Poetry Sunday: (Euro-Ku) «Carved in Stone»

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As timeless as space and in spaces within moments that surround us, filling our miseries with gladness,

his power is carved into the rocks of the Earth, with a love so long, so deep, so ageless,

that it guides our life with light though hidden in the mountains, carved into the cliffs or sculpted in the bottom of the Sea…

C.2022, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 19 March 2022, Valencia, Spain

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The Euro-Ku is a form of poetry that I developed very recently, see: (https://paintinginvalencia.wordpress.com/2022/02/23/my-new-poetic-invention-the-euro-ku/)

Basically it is my homage to the traditional Japanese Haiku. I’ve always loved its simple structure, its short verses and the way that Haiku poets used the power of synthesis to express a thought intimately linked with nature, or with daily life and turn it into a meditation.

Of course the «Euro-Ku» does no such thing. On the contrary, it seeks simple words, easily understood verses and the language of the common man/woman. It still has only three verses, but there is no need to count syllables, the verses can be as long as they need to be to allow the content message to be developed. Rhyming is optional. One thing that the Euro-Ku must have is an accompanying original photograph that also, in its own unique way, illuminates the message that the verses transmits.

The reason why I’ve called it «Euro-Ku» is because it is written from the philosophical perspective of a European and not with the mind of an Oriental. There are vasts differences. That is why, even though I loved the Haiku, I knew that I could not do it justice writing from the perspective of how I think as a European. The sister form is the Ameri-Ku, of course, the same rules apply but the perspective might differ quite a bit in new and exciting ways.

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Euro-Ku: «To Those That Have Minds That Hate

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For those who walk this earth without ever knowing, that you reap what you have sown …

To those that have minds that hate and dream of destruction, eternity’s one unknown…

You’ve traded embraces for bullets and kisses for pain, and smiles for the bitterest of tears, and very soon, you’ll get what you fear…

C.2022, Francisco Bravo Cabrera

08 MAR 2022

Valencia, Spain   

Of course this Euro-Ku was inspired by the song «Revolution«by The Beatles…

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