Dear Zazie, Here is Mac Tag‘s Lovers’ Chronicle to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Rhett
The Lovers’ Chronicle
Dear Muse,
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the blankets closer about
passin’ out of shadows into
the wan moonlight
glancin’ at the face
upturned, the eyes
wide, lookin’ back
would that the thievin’ minutes
fold up that we might never part
i think that we most
need to talk and grieve
for that is the best music
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i hid most of the time
till i could not bear it
i hid to my despite
along the way,
a memory left in each place
wherever need arose
pause and gaze
in wide wonder
a kiss and bid good bye
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Oh, would that I were able to kiss you now…
Wrappin’ the blankets closer
about her, he carried her
From time to time, passin’
out of the black shadows
into the wan moonlight,
he glanced at the white face
of the girl lyin’ in his arms
He laid her down in the shallow
hollow of a little ridge
With her face upturned,
she opened her eyes,
wide, starin’ black
“Is— it— you?”
Yes
“Where— are we?”
In a safe place
Do not be afraid
“Are we— in a cave?”
Yes
“Oh, listen!… The waterfall!…
I hear it! You’ve brought me back!”
Rest came that night
But no sleep
They did not want sleep
Above them, over the dark rim
of the cliff , shone the stars
Tonight they were different
As they lay there
with the sighin’ cliff winds
in there ears, the stars above,
they felt the difference
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| John Clare | |
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by William Hilton,
oil on canvas, 1820 |
Today is the birthday of John Clare (Helpston, Soke of Peterborough 13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864 Northampton General Lunatic Asylum); poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption.
- I hid my love when young till I
Couldn’t bear the buzzing of a fly;
I hid my love to my despite
Till I could not bear to look at light:
I dare not gaze upon her face
But left her memory in each place;
Where eer I saw a wild flower lie
I kissed and bade my love good bye.- “Secret Love”
- I hid my love in field and town
Till een the breeze would knock me down,
The bees seemed singing ballads oer,
The fly’s bass turned a lion’s roar;
And even silence found a tongue,
To haunt me all the summer long;
The riddle nature could not prove
Was nothing else but secret love.- “Secret Love”
Today is the birthday of Mordecai Ardon (Hebrew: מרדכי ארדון, July 13, 1896 – June 18, 1992) painter. Ardon was seen as the father of the regional approach in Israeli art.
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tammuz 1962
Girl, 1950
Eve
Mac Tag
Song of the day Sixpence None the Richer – “Kiss Me”
Thou art supreme Love–kiss me–I am thine! – Emma Lazarus
So you must go; kiss me before you go.
Oh, would the busy minutes might fold up
Their thieving wings that we might never part.
– W.B. Yeats
I often think that what we most need now is a great humorist. – Isak Dinesen
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. – Oscar Wilde
It’s a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It’s much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all. – Sylvia Plath
Let’s talk and grieve,
For that’s the sweetest music for sad souls.
– W.B. Yeats
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