The Lovers’ Chronicle 4 October – good enough – art by Francesco Solimena, Jean-Francois Millet & Frederic Remington – premiere of An American in Paris

Dear Zazie,  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse.  Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge.  Do you have any love confessions?  Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

obviously,
voice by Janis
and lyrics by Kris;
“Through all kinds of weather,
through everything we done”
been writin’ about
the feelin’ good part
how it was not,
but now, is easy
“A new experience for you”
i doubted it’s existence
in the context of two
“And now”
it is good enough for us

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hearin’ that voice, never tire of, should listen more often; always end up thinkin’ about feelin’s, went from no idea how to handle ’em, to surpressin’, ignorin’ and denyin’ ’em, and good, almost forgot what that was, but you know all that, now we can alter to the lyrics to, feelin’ good is good enough for me and you

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much different now
need a new definition

sparse for a long time
did not need nor want
except to endure
there was purpose
but a narrow window

and feelin’ had no meanin’
outside of anything dark

but shook that off
so we can write about
all that is good enough
for us and where we go

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Pale Love, Pale Rider

i admit the need,
entangled in you,
i have never admitted

my pretendin’
and posturin’,
nothin’ but bluffin’

i cannot deny
what brings
such satisfaction
to the cravin’ within

therefore, i turn
to face those eyes,
fixed upon me

what can they do
but fill me
as night closes in

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listenin’ to Janis…
not askin’ anyone
to buy me a Benz, nor
tryin’ to make amends 
just want to hear that voice

not convinced feelin’ good
is somethin’ to strive for
avoidance of feelin’ bad
where the bar should be

writin’ this verse
and stayin’ away
from negative vibes,
good enough for me

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admit
what never was
all pretendin’
and posturin’ aside

a longin’ as deep
as anything
ever felt

yet deny i cannot
what my hopeful self
disowns

so i turn my back
and ride away
best let sleepin’
feelin’s lie

as is shall be
good enough

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for Marci

listenin’ to Janis…
i know you are
as i am
to miss you
is to…
i do not laugh
like i did
i do not smile
like it did

a man left lonely
since you have been gone
i remember
those last moments
the way you felt
the way you looked
as you turned to leave

what good is why
at this point
how the hell
will that help
choices made
and not
cowboy up
and live with it
it is what it is

never about pity
no tears in my beer
the verse flows
and good friends
help with gittin’ by
that will surely sustain

still…
with nothin’ left to lose,
i will never fergit
when feelin’ good
was good enough
for you and me

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Seein’ your own face
starin’ back at you
from the shadows;
a dream of death,
when he who comes as mourner,
finds himself the mourned

Mornin’ movin’ like a tide
light swimmin’ faintly about the hem of darkness;
sketched upon the Mesas

The reason why,
workin’ and livin’
and havin’ this bein’
the reward he seeks,
the only thing he cares about
without which there is nothin’

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A Confession

I admit the need,
Entangled in her limbs,
I have never admitted
My pretendin’ and posturin’,
Nothin’ but bluffin’,
Nothin’ but coquetry

I long for her, and yet
I cannot deny what
My better self disowns,
For my distraction
Brings such satisfaction
To the cravin’ within.

Therefore I turn my back
On her and ride away
Those questionin’ eyes
That are fixed upon me
What can they do but haunt me
As empty night closes in

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The Song of the Day is “Confess My Love” by Leah.

Francesco Solimena
Self-portrait, 1730

Today is the birthday of Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino, near Avellino, Italy October 4, 1657 – April 3, 1747 Naples); painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen.

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Jean-François Millet
Portrait by Nadar Date unknown

Today is the birthday of Jean-François Millet (Gruchy, Gréville-Hague, Normandy; October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875 Barbizon, France); painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France.  Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers.  He can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.

In 1841, Millet married Pauline-Virginie Ono, and they moved to Paris.  After rejections at the Salon of 1843 and Pauline’s death by consumption, Millet returned again to Cherbourg.  In 1845 Millet moved to Le Havre with Catherine Lemaire, whom he would marry in a civil ceremony in 1853.

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Frederic Remington

Today is the birthday of Frederic Remington (Frederic Sackrider Remington; Canton, New York; October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909 Ridgefield, Connecticut); painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th-century American West and images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U. S. Cavalry.

Remington married Eva Caten in 1884 and they returned to Kansas City.  She was unhappy with his saloon life and was unimpressed by the sketches of saloon inhabitants that Remington regularly showed her.  When his real occupation became known, she left him and returned to Ogdensburg.  With his wife gone and with business doing badly, Remington started to sketch and paint in earnest, and bartered his sketches for essentials.  With financial backing from his Uncle Bill, Remington was able to pursue his art career and support his wife.

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