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The Lovers’ Chronicle 29 April – the way – art by David Cox & Raja Ravi Varma – birth of Maya Deren – verse by Rod McKuen

Dear Zazie,  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag.  What comes straight from your heart?  Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, not from the Frampton song but that would work “I want you to show me” right, none other spent a lot of time searchin’ the verse was the key, as if, i was driven […]

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The Lovers’ Chronicle 28 April – once known – verse by Charles Cotton – art by José Malhoa – birth of Harper Lee

Dear Zazie,  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag.  What are you tryin’ to get down to?  What is the heart of the matter for you?  Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, first used in a pre-2016 long dramatic poem “Not, once bitten” ha, no but i could go there “Maybe next time” right, but it is […]

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The Lovers’ Chronicle – 27 April – into the silence – art by Theodor Kittelsen – verse by Cecil Day-Lewis

Dear Zazie,  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag.  Have you been into the silence?  Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, another from the drama files “Well if you had to go” oh i did, the strongest want and need ever known “So you could understand” not sure i knew that initially but it was […]

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The Lovers’ Chronicle 26 April – wanted – birth of Lady Hamilton – art by Eugène Delacroix & Edmund Tarbell

Dear Zazie Lee, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, before, when knowin’ what was wanted was thought to be certain a life spent knowin’ exactly what they wanted without realizin’ that want is about givin’ and not takin’ then you then want became you © copyright 2021.2023 […]

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The Lovers’ Chronicle 25 April – unforgiven – verse by Walter de la Mare – art by Karel Appel – premier of Puccini’s Turandot – photography by Cy Twombly

Dear Zazie,  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag.  Are you unforgiven too?  Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, there can only be one song for today, actually three versions I, II, and III “Metallica baby” absolutely i like that i can swing from “Nessun Dorma” to “Enter Sandman” with ease “You seem to be […]

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The Lovers’ Chronicle 24 April – feel – birth of Denys Finch Hatton & Robert Penn Warren – art by Willem de Kooning

Dear Zazie, Here is the Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, no idea where this theme came from though, again, they all could be about this “Yes I see a common thread” kinda surprised i did not go with one of my favorite RPW poems i call myself a poet but […]

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The Lovers’ Chronicle 23 April – what light – birth of Shakespeare, Ruggero Leoncavallo & Roy Orbison – photography by Lee Miller

Dear Zazie,  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag.  How do you celebrate beauty and the Bard?  Who do you see walkin’ down the street?  I see a pretty woman!  Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, yes, there is this, but soft, what light put on the costume for many years played the part gave what […]

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The Lovers’ Chronicle 22 April – clingin’ – photography by Laura Gilpin & Max Dupain – birth of Vladimir Nabokov – birth of Bettie Page

Dear Zazie, Today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle from a 2016 poem a micro-story about the one not found “Oh, I thought you said, just a swinging” ha, that is a good song though no, the same ol’ tune and where i took it from there to here what i knew could […]

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The Lovers’ Chronicle 21 April – distantly – art by Ludovico Carracci & Alfred Henry Maurer – birth of Charlotte Brontë

Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, this one from a Jimmy Buffett song “I thought it might be in reference to how far away your dreams were” that is one reason the song stuck to me how removed i had become from feelin’ anything, how i […]

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The Lovers’ Chronicle 20 April – steeped – verse by Pietro Aretino – art by Odilon Redon & Joan Miró

Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag. Rhett The Lovers’ Chronicle Dear Muse, “Like a tea bag” ha, no, another origin unknown first used in a 2016 poem “From the melodramatic years” yes well, drama did as drama does “Oh I had that coming” it is an apt verb for any of this […]

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