Thread: The Hanging of Annazalda....

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I LOVE masterful poetry and lyrics...there were quite a bit of them contributed by members of a Halloween site some of us used to belong to, and lately I've been working on bringing them over to you guys for further enjoyment as I KNOW y'all will greatly appreciate them as well...

My dear friend, OEJ, submitted such a masterpiece called, 'The Hanging of Annazalda' (some lyrics from his musical CD entitled, 'The Blue Rose Suite'..yes, he is a musician as well!!! ). OEJ, you recently posted that you were 'spending a lot of time trying to figure out how you can spend more time doing the things you're really good at'-- well, man, THIS is one of those things...I hope you will use this thread to treat us with more of your wonderful lyrics......


THE HANGING OF ANNAZALDA

She did not struggle.
She did not protest,
This innocent flower,
Facing death like a guest

In a fleeting moment,
Amidst the zealous din
Her eyes did meet mine,
And I saw all she held within:

A life of wonder and beauty.
A life of gentle pride.
A life that had been ready,
To stretch Its arms open wide.

Now, poised at the gallows
Her face was not long.
She simply wore a tender smile
Then forever, was she gone

Very Nice. I forgot about this one.

Thank you, Laurie for bringing this back to light. That was very sweet of you.
Unfortunately, that piece is the only one on the album that I wrote which is an actual poem. It just seemed fitting for the particular movement.

The album, 'The Blue Rose Suite' is actually all instumental. The suite is loosely based on the book, 'Heinrich Von Ofterdingen', by Novalis (pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg), 1772–1801.
Each movement of the suite has a read-a-long that helps tell the story. I used lots of Novalis' work along with selected poetry from Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Dickens, Shakespeare and a few things of my own, to fill the gaps.

Novalis never completed the work and the book was published posthumously. I kind of had to come up with the end to the whole thing myself so I looked to Eugene Delacroix (probably my favorite artist of the Romantic period). The final movement of my suite, 'The Death of Von Ofterdingen', was completely inspired from Delacroix's 'The Death of Sardanapalus' SEE IT HERE

Anyway... Thanks again, Laurie for including my piece among the really GREAT works from the other members. I'm not worthy!

Completely cool, man...I didn't know this about your album, that each movement has a read-a-long, or which artists/poets you chose to help influence the pieces. Now I REALLY can't wait to hear it!