The Lovers’ Chronicle 2 September – seek – art by Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya & Romare Bearden

Dear Zazie,  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse.  Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge.  Do you wish you were pleasin’ someone?  Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

dream seekin’…
oh good one of my favorite places
a movie theater, wonder what movie
is showin’, and how convenient
that the theater is in our bedroom,
hey bebe rollover and watch this;
The talented and lovely redhead
rolls over and says;
”But we don’t have a tv in our bedroom”
no, now we have a movie theater
”Ah one of your dreams,
well what movie is playing”
nothin’ yet, hopefully, in keepin’ with today’s theme,
Lost and Found in Paris starring Kristen Scott Thomas,
John Malkovich and Rupert Everett who wrote and directed
“You had me at Paris”
yes, and i can relate because
i was lost everywhere i went
till i found the verse and you
”Glad you kept seeking my love”
stay tuned for more episodes
of Found in Each Other

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obvious, the great Who song,
written by Pete
“I’ve been searchin’ low and high”
desperate man could be
an accurate description
of me for most of my life
i even think there was a point
where i thought i would not find
what i was after till the day i died
“Well we took care of that”
yes we did, and now we can focus
on other seekin’

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yes ye shall, if you remain open; closed mind, closed doors, life will pass on by; guilty early on about not bein’ open to paths other than that dictated by conventional wisdom, then guilty of stubbornly pursuin’ a way i was not remotely prepared to go, and guilty of all kinda other things but not of waitin’ too long

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the search did turn outward
and damn good thing it did

look at you now
where you once thought possible
but then soundly abandoned,
all hope ye who enter

finally cleared enough space
to allow someone bright
and beautiful to enter,
and to accept all
that comes with

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Pale Love, Pale Rider

among all, you my attraction
because i have so wanted

i from you wait with answers,
because with you i can see

the one, whose name i utter
because you have my all to give

yours are the questions heeded
because with you i need

this feelin’ near you
together
andante

***

and who was that woman i dreamed
in the movie theater with me
she was sittin’ next to me then she
straddled my lap and we started
makin’ love right there in my seat
felt real, edgin’ towards orgasm
when i woke up
ain’t that the way it always is

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and ye shall find
and ye sure did

figured out early
that it had to start
within

sorted through the wreckage
of the past, steadily for two years,
understandin’ what has to be accepted,
what can be re-written, a crucial piece
of the puzzle, call it, survivors reward

should the seekin’
turn outward now
not sure about that

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“Do you know
what you are looking for?”
timin’ is all, in contemplatin’ that

once ago, so damn certain
yet so utterly wrong
and such a price paid for that
you cannot imagine

figured this out
ain’t much livin’
in pretendin’

and more and more
certain of this,
the search lies within’

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nothin’ ain’t worth nothin’
without good lines and good light

***

for Sara

sad stories all
in the Rockies as well
the photographer, he knew
he could see it in my eyes
he never got a good shot

neither did we

electric passions
epic arguments
two people
with more baggage
than the Denver airport

so instead of tryin’
we just quit

would you go back
to fix somethin’ worth fixin’
Faulkner said the past is not dead
so would you, were it worth the cost

***

good to be with you
but this is a dream
“Yes, and you must wake up.”
but i want to stay with you
“You will find what you seek.”

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Resplendent, radiant, from the beyond
Rise up and give to the vast lucidity
Infinite dark with its eternal smile

Vibrate with an immense ardent rhythm
In the tremblin’ of an infinite kiss
Intense longin’, come slake your lambent thirst

To her, everything
was beautiful and
everything was true

The brilliant world
In which we lived;
Every sentence
Made us wiser
And happier

After leavin’ her,
I road slowly out
into the hills. The
smell of bloomin’ sage,
after the rain, blew
into my face. I
rode on, mournin’ us

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for Kelli

All I want…
write a little verse
sing a little song
just for you

Takin’ her hand, leadin’ her
Layin’ down with her
Undressin’ and caressin’
Lookin’ at her, she blushes
She has never been prettier
And the look in those blue eyes
As I take her in my arms
Can there ever be
Anything better
Than to be here holdin’ her

Kissin’ her all over,
And over again
Just not possible
To give her too much pleasure
And the look in those blue eyes
As I pull her face towards
Mine to kiss her
Can there ever be
Anything better
Than to be here kissin’ her
Takin’ her hand, leadin’ her
Layin’ down with her
Undressin’ and caressin’

Strummin’ her pleasure,
Gently, but not too,
With my body, persistent
Pulsin’, tremblin’, buildin’
Wait, yes make her wait
And the look in those blue eyes
When she knows she has to wait
Can there ever be
Anything more fun
Than to be here teasin’ her

Takin’ her now, where
She has never been
This right here is my reason
For bein’; holdin’, kissin’,
Teasin’, pleasin’ this woman
And the look in those blue eyes
When she releases at last
Can there ever be
Anything better
Than to be here
Pleasin’ her

***

He wanted for her not
What he wanted for her
He wanted for her what
She wanted for herself

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Today is the birthday of Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya (Olga Lyudvigovna Della-Vos-Kardovskaya; Chernigov, Russian Empire 2 September 1875 – 9 August 1952, Leningrad, USSR); painter and graphic artist. From 1891 until 1894 she studied at the Schneider School in Kharkov; from 1894 to 1899 she was a student at the Academy in Saint Petersburg. She went to Munich to study at Anton Ažbe’s school, staying there from 1899 to 1900. In 1900 she married painter Dmitry Kardovsky. Her Mother, Mariya Della-Vos was a Bulgarian from Odessa and member of the Toshkovic family and daughter of Stefan Toshkovich and sister from Nikola Toshkovich.

Between 1903 and 1917 she exhibited with the New Society of Artists; from 1911 until 1916 she also exhibited with the Union of Russian Artists. She was associated with the Zhar-tsvet group from 1924 to 1928. She was included in a large 1927 exhibit in Moscow commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Russian Revolution.

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Romare Bearden
in his army uniform, by Carl Van Vechten, 1944

And today is the birthday of Romare Bearden (Charlotte, North Carolina; September 2, 1911 – March 12, 1988 New York City); artist and writer who depicted African-American life.  He worked with many types of media including cartoons, oils and collages.  Bearden was the author or coauthor of several books, and was a songwriter who co-wrote the jazz classic “Sea Breeze”, which was recorded by Billy Eckstine, a former high school classmate at Peabody High School, and Dizzy Gillespie.

In 1954, at age 42, he married Nanette Bearden, a 27-year-old dancer who herself became an artist and critic. His lifelong support of young, emerging artists led he and his wife to create the Bearden Foundation to support young or emerging artists and scholars. 

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 Thanks for stoppin’ by y’all

 Mac Tag