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The Lovers’ Chronicle 5 April – comin’ slowly – art by Jean-Honoré Fragonard & Jules Dupré – photography by Nadar – verse by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle the line was first used in my 2018 poem,inspired by somethin’ Swinburne wrote no doubt ”He was a drama queen” had to be, he reveled in shockin’his Victorian audiences“With his hair or poetry”ha, both maybe that explains my early overly dramatic poems i am not that, so i…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 4 April – paintin’ – art by Maurice de Vlaminck – birth of Maya Angelou
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, not sure of the originit began as a fictionalstory in 2016“You like telling stories”i do, one of the reasonsi enjoy poetry is becauseevery poem is a micro-story“Even the ones that appearto be random words tossedin a bowl and poured on the…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 3 April – plains’ song – birth of George Herbert, Anne Lister & Mistinguett – photography by Peter Gowland & Francesca Woodman
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. What song do you hear? Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, not a river runnin’ through it“Oh I see where you’re going”yes indeed, music pulsesthrough, the lifeblood, definin’these feelin’s and emotions“My life has certainly beendefined by musical stages”your beautiful voice is oneof the many thingsi love about…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 2 April – of you – birth of Casanova – art by William Holman Hunt – art and verse by Max Ernst
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, surrealist dream…-He and the très belle redhead are caught upin a confusing, swirling dream-They meet Casanova, who seems very interestedin the redhead, but then bids adieu, he must sensethat while she is pretty and smart, she is not insecure-Then they meet…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 1 April – three a.m. thoughts – birth of John Wilmot, Abbé Prévost & Edmond Rostand – art by Edwin Austin Abbey
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle three am dream…-A melody pierces his vale of sleep;what is that melody, so faint, wait, yes,Donna non vidi mai, from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, never before have i beheld a woman, such as this,speakin’ of, he reaches for the lovely redheadHello my darling, she says,…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 31 March – enough – birth of Andrew Marvell & Octavio Paz – art by Jules Pascin
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Is it enough for you? Rhett Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, dream enough and time…-Hung up in the between world,a song begins to play,The World is not Enough-oh nice, i love Garbage,well more accurately,i love Shirley Mansonwonder where this dream ride is gonna take us;hey bebe,…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 30 March – Pinturas negras – art by Francisco Goya, Vincent Van Gogh & Koloman Moser – birth of Verlaine
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag to his muse. This is one of our favorite days in TLC. Beauty and sorrow, our two favorite topics, were never done better than by the trio of today’s birthday boys. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, black dream…- Sitting at the bar at La Venencia in Madrid,…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 29 March – words that stir – art by Adolfo Müller-Ury & Dora Carrington – birth of R. S. Thomas
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, dream shaken or stirred…-Stepping up to the rooftop bar at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, the bartender asks; Qu’aimeriez-vous boire, monsieur un double Vesper martini stirred, not shaken, s’il vous plaît, for you my loveA French 75 please, says the wonderful…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 28 March – certainty – death of Virginia Woolf – art by Raphael, Abraham Walkowitz & Philip Gips – photographs by Étienne Carjat – birth of Nelson Algren
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. What is your certainty? Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, a dream of our own…-Stretching out luxuriously beside each other in bed,the winsome redhead asks, are we dreaming tonightsure but another night of uncertainty as to direction;we could find ourselves in Algren’s world full of drunks, pimps, prostitutes, freaks,…
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The Lovers’ Chronicle 27 March – attest – verse by Statius – art by Jan van Beers & Albert Marquet – photography by Edward Steichen
Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Perhaps, the most meaningful, important TLC post. Certainly one of the palest. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, dream of fauvism…come my love, another dream awaits, he calls to the beautiful redhead-She arrives, he takes her hand and helps her into a waiting carriage;le Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées dans…
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