The Lovers’ Chronicle 1 December – new moon – art by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff – birth of Violette Verdy

01 December 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,

yes,

a new beginnin’

and with that, yes,

new possibilities

ones long thought

gone and buried

yes, those thoughts

have been considered,

dare say, almost

yearned for

what is meant to be,

we rush towards

what matters

we dance to

the near

full moon

and the wind

blowin’ your hair

one long penance

full of sacrifice

and sorrow

sittin’ on the deck

revelin’ in the cool

breeze, the moon,

the sense of wonder

which still possesses

the atmosphere created

surrounds as the tempest

lounges inside, thinkin’

about you and what

a curious thing

this is

mostly, a series
of confessions in verse,
more or less circuitous

a storyteller, compelled
to tell, to get at the anguish

why it is important
to make sense
of the whistlin’ in the dark

you never know
how you will bear it

how it will feel
‘neath the new moon

when beginnin’ over…
odd, readin’ those words
one year later
and the meanin’ it had then
(near death experience
will do that to ya)
and the meanin’ it has now

not a new moon,
an almost full moon
big in the high plains night

but a new beginnin’
after years of tryin’ to save
what could not be saved
and the new days come
but the old comforts,
yes they were there,
are gone along
with a certain
sense of purpose

and it threatens
to pull you under
but you hang on
this is who you are
this is what you need
and damnit, more than that,
this is what you were meant for
this, this right here
is your purpose
git on with livin’ it
and to hell with lookin’ back

yes,
it is a new beginnin’
and with that, yes,
new possibilities
ones long thought
gone and buried
yes, those thoughts
have been considered,
dare say, almost
yearned for
but c’mon
a fool can only be
fooled so many times

what is not meant to be,
no one rushes towards
what no longer matters
no one dances to

the near
full moon
and the wind
blowin’ your hair

and the horses
graze on the plains
a man, survivin’
stands with arms
raised to the stars

Beneath A New Moon

when beginnin’ over
gittin’ reacquainted
with the things, once
taken for granted
along the road
what no one knows
no one rushes towards
or sings about
the new moon
and the wind
blowin’ against her hair

horses runnin’ across the plains
a drownin’ man standin’
at the foot of his lover’s bed

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
(mid 1910s)

Today is the birthday of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (Karl Schmidt until 1905; Rottluff; 1 December 1884 –10 August 1976 Berlin); expressionist painter and printmaker; he was one of the four founders of the artist group Die Brücke.

Gallery

Emy mit Anemonen, 1940
Brücke-Museum, Berlin

Lectrice

Woman with a Bag by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1915)

Thoughtful Woman 1912

Double Portrait 1919

Today is the birthday of Violette Verdy (born Nelly Armande Guillerm in Pont-l’Abbé, a seacoast town in the Finistère department of Brittany, in northwestern France; 1 December 1933 – 8 February 2016 Bloomington, Indiana); ballerina, choreographer, teacher, and writer who worked as a dance company director with the Paris Opera Ballet in France and the Boston Ballet in the United States. From 1958 to 1977 she was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet where she performed in the world premieres of several works created specifically for her by choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. She was Distinguished Professor of Music (Ballet) at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, in Bloomington, and the recipient of two medals from the French government.