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,
none of that around here
“Not anymore”
this one goes back to 2017
and a line from Skyfall
“The days of sadness”
there was plenty back then;
of not gittin’ out alive, or sane
of not bein’ heard or found
“Glad they were laid to rest”
is that a definin’ tenet
of this we share
“That fear is no more”
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wonderin’ today,
how many days
have there been
where the only thing
worth lookin’ forward to
in that day, was you
whether it be
seein’ you
or callin’ you
or writin’ you a note,
how many
after careful thought
i came up with
an approximate guess,
a helluva lot
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remember
when you said
you were afraid
i would git bored with you
i know
i have only ever
been worth a damn
at anything
as inspiration struck
but look,
look at all
you have inspired
and for how long
this could be
my masterpiece
and for what it matters
i only want to be
worth a damn
at one thing
you
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Pale Love Pale Rider
*think on your sins*
of course it had to be here
of course it had to be this way
the aftermath of the fall
soakin’ in whiskey
and the charms
of a dark haired,
cinnamon skinned,
for the now lover
she wanted to set me free
only if that were enough
*think on your sins*
“How very traditional.”
i like doin’ things
the old fashioned way
“What about new tricks?”
depends on the subject,
and the teacher
“Shall we discuss
your next performance
over a drink?”
be careful what you wish for
you are scared
“You know nothing about it.”
i know when a woman is afraid
and pretendin’ not to be
“How much do you know
about fear?”
all there is
“Not like this.”
there is naught
but dark sadness
at the bottom
come we go
time is a wastin’
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| Gabriele D’Annunzio | |
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Today is the birthday of Il Vate, Il Profeta, General Gabriele D’Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, Duke of Gallese (Pescara; 12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938 Gardone Riviera), sometimes spelled D’Annunzio; writer, poet, journalist, playwright and soldier during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature from 1889 to 1910 and later political life from 1914 to 1924. He was often referred to under the epithets Il Vate (“the Poet”) or Il Profeta (“the Prophet”).
D’Annunzio was associated with the Decadent movement in his literary works, which interplayed closely with French Symbolism and British Aestheticism. Such works represented a turn against the naturalism of the preceding romantics and was both sensuous and mystical. He came under the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche which would find outlets in his literary and later political contributions. His affairs with several women, including Eleonora Duse and Luisa Casati, received public attention.
During the First World War, perception of D’Annunzio in Italy transformed from literary figure into a national war hero. He was associated with the elite Arditi storm troops of the Italian Army and took part in actions such as the Flight over Vienna. As part of an Italian nationalist reaction against the Paris Peace Conference, he set up the short-lived Italian Regency of Carnaro in Fiume with himself as Duce. The constitution made “music” the fundamental principle of the state and was corporatist in nature. Some of the ideas and aesthetics influenced Italian fascism and the style of Benito Mussolini.
In 1883, D’Annunzio married Maria Hardouin di Gallese, and had three sons, Mario (1884-1964), Gabriele Maria “Gabriellino” (1886-1945) and Ugo Veniero (1887-1945), but the marriage ended in 1891. In 1894, he began a love affair with the actress Eleonora Duse which became a cause célèbre. He provided leading roles for her in his plays of the time such as La città morta (1898) and Francesca da Rimini (1901), but the tempestuous relationship finally ended in 1910. After meeting the Marchesa Luisa Casati in 1903, he began a lifelong turbulent on again-off again affair with Luisa, that lasted until a few years before his death.
D’Annunzio died in 1938 of a stroke, at his home in Gardone Riviera. He was given a state funeral by Mussolini and was interred in a magnificent tomb constructed of white marble at Il Vittoriale degli Italiani.
Verse
Un’oscura tristezza è in fondo a tutte le felicità umane, come alla foce di tutti i fiumi è l’acqua amara.
usciamo
tempo è di rifiorire
Camminare con te per mondi e spiagge. Vorrei che questa fosse la mia sorte.
Today is the birthday of Carl Vilhelm Holsøe (Aarhus, Denmark, 12 March 1863 – Asserbo, Denmark, 7 November 1935); artist who primarily painted interiors.
In 1894 he married Emilie Heise, who was his most frequent model; she died in 1930. On 21 October 1935, shortly before his death, he married Ingeborg Margrethe Knudsen.
Gallery
Waiting by the window
Interior with woman reading by the window
Reading girl by the window – 1909
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