Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Rhett
The Lovers’ Chronicle
Dear Muse,
this one came from a poem
by the Uruguayan poet
Juana de Ibarbourou
“I will read it to you in Spanish”
oh i like it when you do that
“She was writing about longing”
i was hooked as soon
as i translated it
“Did you know where yours
was coming from”
from the not havin’ found
“The one”
i now have
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it is all here, the art,
the books, the albums
and the lean verse
of your favorite…
the way the fog rolled in
after all that snow
we learn to walk miles
around what we want
the reasons dissolve,
then the will
dreams fraught
with ruined gestures
a charred palace,
the gaze through
how well we remember
the notes glidin’ about,
the gate coolin’ our hands
singin’ out of need
a feelin’ hot as blood
endin’ with us
the fence
gives way
to the prairie
it is all here
now we can begin
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hurtin’ for the sake
of the pain
or somethin’ else
donde regresó el anhelo
to know from where
the longin’ awaits
to sing at the time
in between
the sky and the fall
with blue pure thoughts
a mournin’ canopy
the spark
night cleft asunder
and the ache
again opened
winged verse
and its punishment
worse,
how could it possibly
git any worse
donde regresó el anhelo
what does one do with that
how in the hell does one go on
a struggle
to comprehend,
much less convey
can i take off,
do i want to take off,
this halo of hurt
el anhelo
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| Colin Campbell Cooper | |
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Colin Campbell Cooper, c. 1905
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Today is the birthday of Colin Campbell Cooper, Jr. (Philadelphia; March 8, 1856 – November 6, 1937 Santa Barbara, California); Impressionist painter, perhaps most renowned for his architectural paintings, especially of skyscrapers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. An avid traveler, he was also known for his paintings of European and Asian landmarks, as well as natural landscapes, portraits, florals, and interiors. In addition to being a painter, he was also a teacher and writer. His first wife, Emma Lampert Cooper, was also a highly regarded painter.
In the Dutch artists colony in Dordrecht in South Holland he met the renowned painter Emma Lampert (1855–1920) from Rochester, New York. Theywere soon married, in Rochester on June 9, 1897.
He and his wife were aboard the RMS Carpathia during its rescue mission for the survivors from the sunken RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. He assisted in the effort, and during the rescue operation, he created several paintings which document the events. The Coopers gave up their ship’s cabin so some of the survivors would have berths to sleep in.
Emma died of tuberculosis on July 30, 1920. After her death, Cooper moved to Santa Barbara, California in January 1921. Santa Barbara would be his home base for the rest of his life, spending two years in northern Europe and Tunisia. He became Dean of Painting at the Santa Barbara Community School of Arts.
In April 1927, he married Marie Henriette Frehsee, in Arizona. Cooper continued to enjoy traveling, and kept painting until prevented from doing so by failing eyesight in his last years. He died in Santa Barbara on November 6, 1937 at the age of 81.
Gallery
Two Women in an interior
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Spanish Garden, c. 1890s–1910s
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Stairway of Francis I at Blois, 1900
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Adam and Eve Inn, Lincoln, England, 1902
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Fifth Avenue, New York City, 1906
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Main Street Bridge, Rochester, 1908
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Broadway from the Post Office (Wall Street), c. 1909
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Metropolitan Life Tower, 1910
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Polar Bear, 1912
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Rooftops at Sunset, 1912
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St. Philips Church, Charleston, c. 1913
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Taj Mahal, Afternoon, 1913
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At Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, 1915
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Hunter College, New York City, c. 1915
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Fortune Teller, 1921
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Chambers Street and the Municipal Building, N.Y.C., 1922
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Self-Portrait, c. 1922
| Juana de Ibarbourou | |
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And today is the birthday of Juana Fernández Morales de Ibarbourou, also known as Juana de América, (Melo, Uruguay 8 March 1892 – 15 July 1979 Montevideo, Uruguay); poet. She was one of the most popular poets of Spanish America. Her poetry, the earliest of which is often highly erotic, is notable for her identification of her feelings with nature around her.
Verse
“RECONQUISTA” (Reconquest)
No sé de donde regresó el anhelo
De volver a cantar como en el tiempo
en que tenía entre mi puño el cielo
Y con una perla azul el pensamiento.
De una enlutada nube, la centella,
Súbito pez, hendió la noche cálida
Y en mí se abrió de nuevo la crisálida
Del verso alado y su bruñida estrella.
Ahora ya es el hino centelleante
Que alza hasta Dios la ofrenda poderosa
De su bruñida lanza de diamante.
Unidad de la luz sobre la rosa.
Y otra vez la conquista alucinante
De la eterna poesía victoriosa.
-Montevideo, 1960
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