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

23 November 2023 By Rhett 0 In Random

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

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

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

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

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

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.