The Lovers’ Chronicle 23 November – see – art by Mary Brewster Hazelton

Dear Zazie,  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse.  Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

the song that came to mind, the great
Johnny Nash song;
“Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind”
yes, bad feelin’s have come and gone
and bright, though it is cloudy,
on this day, grateful from Mexico Beach
“We have a lot to be thankful for”
we do, very fortunate that we can see
nothin’ but blue skies for me and you

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over the past year all that has unfolded, thoughts, visions, discoveries made on this voyage à deux, adventure awaits as the sun comes up on this clear cool still mornin’ in Avondale, echos in mind of what has been makin’ the way here i turn to see reason and purpose as i take your hand

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what has come over this time together
what i had come to doubt would be
another with a new adventure comin’

from here lookin’ forward the path ahead
clear, this shared vision accompaniment
all about right feelin’, right flow, where
they originate, we knew and we see

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Pale Love, Pale Rider

two finely touched spirits, the effects
on which grow with every encounter
in ways visible yet not, comin’ together
readin’ to each other, anticipatin’ wants,
sharin’ feelin’s and into our minds enters
the certainty that these believin’ thoughts
are the accompaniment we have sought

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ha, see told ya
promise kept

this life to come,
for us who strive
to follow

reach, feed,
enkindle ardor,
beget the smiles
sweet presence
in diffusion
ever more
intense

join the choir
whose music
cares that much
to know the mystery
wide eyed and helpless

“Forgive her.
Forgive yourself.”

silence

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some can
some can when shown
and some never do

the greatest secrets
are there, waitin’
believe

survive
your own solitude
create, speak to me
you have something to say

we can bring ourselves
to feel, to see
all that we will need

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happy thanksgivin’ y’all
this year i give thanks
for all of my friends
new and old,
near and far
“I get by with a little help
from my friends.”
i sure as hell do
thanks y’all

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from here what i want on my terms
on this day to take time to be grateful

these words as they appear on the page
the sunrise on this High Plains mornin’
expandin’ horizons on what interests
keepin’ focus on place and purpose
what will come will and be faced
with this as companion and guide

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“You are closing yourself off
From what could be”
I know it
Just the way it has to be

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Once more
Unto the breach
Dear friends

Cry Havoc!
And let slip
The dogs of war!

Have you ever
Danced with madness
In the pale moonlight
I have
And apparently,
I love it. Cuz I do it
Again and again

C’mon Dark Muse!
Rain darkness
Down on me!!!

Faulkner said:
“The past is never dead.
It’s not even past.”
I believe that
And I am doin my best
To not let history
Repeat itself

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Mary Brewster Hazelton

Today is the birthday of Mary Brewster Hazelton (Milton, Massachusetts; November 23, 1868 – September 13, 1953 Wellesley, Massachusetts); portrait painter.  She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she was later an instructor.  Among her other achievements, Hazelton was the first woman to win an award open to both men and women in the United States when she won the Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design in 1896.  Her portrait paintings are in the collections of the Massachusetts State House, Harvard University, Peabody Essex Museum, and Wellesley Historical Society.  She lived her adult life with her sisters in the Hazelton family home in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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