Hi, do you happen to know who that girl named Annie is that Rafael often mentions in his poems? I'm overcome with curiosity and thanks in advance. ❤️
Hi Nonny, wonderful question, but no straightforward answer. Dear Annie is a hashtag/salutation Rafa used to use a lot, mostly in his poems, but also with some songs like Bad Egg.
Once upon a time, there was talk of a poetry book, and I always felt like Dear Annie might have been (at least) the working title. Sadly enough, it's been years and he seems to have gone in a bit of a different creative direction since then. (The header on this blog is from the shoot that would have accompanied the book. Some really pretty pictures.)
He also used it when talking about a play, The Limp, that he was developing some years ago. I think Covid put a stop to that one. :(
My take is that Annie is some sort of personification of his muse?
tl;dr It’s all connected 🤯🤯🤯
