The Lovers’ Chronicle 16 July – impression – art by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Dear Zazie, Here is Mac Tag‘s Lovers’ Chronicle to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

a bit of a reach because i struggled
to find the right song, but i think
this conveys what i was thinkin’;
‘’Oh I
I want to be with you everywhere’’
’’Ah, we miss Christine McVie’’
we do absolutely, she wrote ‘’Everywhere’’
and Fleetwood Mac recorded it
i chose impression as the theme,
as in everywhere i turned i would
here or see an impression that reminded me
of whoever the muse of the moment was
’’I see how you got there, now let’s turn to firsts’’
agree, first one’s are important
but it is the daily ones that keep things goin’
and the first impression of you
each mornin’ is just as movin’ as the first one

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on a warm day, lets go someplace cool, a covered porch near Cloudcroft, as i figure out where this goes; her eyes of course, and her smile, the sun shinin’ on her red hair, this was a woman that would draw you from across the street, a crowded room, or wherever you were; with no hesitation you walk up to her, smile and introduce yourself, she smiles back and you are in trouble because the impression she just made is what you want every day

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the first one, most important
when a woman and man meet
it determines from whence
they will go
perhaps a friendship begins
or a short term romance
or a one and done
rendez-vous
or perhaps
nowhere

maybe they fall in love
and get married, only
to split in an acrimonious
divorce, never speakin’
to each other again

(apologies, could not resist
throwin’ in a dark scenario)

or they may go
where the luckiest go

where you and i are

Pale Love, Pale Rider

a tremblin’ woman’s falsetto,
comes out of the silence
it produces
in my half
awakened brain,
impressions of you

it is an affirmation

to seek the origins
and inspirations
behind what drives
two to become one

a firm resolution,
and independent nature,
hold fast to this need

learned from experience
to begin by drawin’ on
a virgin canvas, knowin’
the desired effect, then,
as immediately finished
as one can, so that when
it has all been covered
there is little to retouch

wherever these dreams
and memories of you take me,
this is how they shall be taken

“Are you ok?”
never otherwise…

not only the arid air,
the wide open spaces,
and of course, the light,
seized the attention
another entrancement
began that day

their hair, their skin,
their eyes, their hands
surpass all others

despite this strong attraction,
there can be but one purpose
to pursue relentlessly…
to seek the origins
and inspirations
behind what drives
two to become one

a firm resolution,
and independent nature,
holds fast to this one need

a tremblin’ woman’s falsetto,
comes out of the silence
it always produces
in my half-awakened brain,
an impression of you

What was done; not
to be unwound
Or forgotten
Choices were made
And those choices
Must be lived with

What do i know:
Horses, cattle
Waltzin’, workin’
Wide open skies
French poetry
And missin’ you

Today is the birthday of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (Paris; July 16, 1796 – February 22, 1875 Paris); landscape and portrait painter. He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his vast output simultaneously references the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipates the plein-air innovations of Impressionism.

With his parents’ support, Corot followed the well-established pattern of French painters who went to Italy to study the masters of the Italian Renaissance and to draw the crumbling monuments of Roman antiquity. It was not only Italian architecture and light which captured Corot’s attention. The late-blooming Corot was entranced with Italian females as well:

“They still have the most beautiful women in the world that I have met….their eyes, their shoulders, their hands are spectacular. In that, they surpass our women, but on the other hand, they are not their equals in grace and kindness…Myself, as a painter I prefer the Italian woman, but I lean toward the French woman when it comes to emotion.”

In spite of his strong attraction to women, he wrote of his commitment to painting:

“I have only one goal in life that I want to pursue faithfully: to make landscapes. This firm resolution keeps me from a serious attachment. That is to say, in marriage…but my independent nature and my great need for serious study make me take the matter lightly.”

my kinda guy