At last!
warm and patient
unconcerned with poetry
the silent muse
Old Sow
> From: Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2005/11/13 Sun PM 12:40:09 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Discuss.
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> Is that the same percentage for poets
> I am warming to the Old Sow though
> P de P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Collett
> Sent: 12 November 2005 20:19
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> Subject: Re: Discuss.
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> 99.999% of Americans and 70% of Brits can't even pronounce:
> Arianrhod, Blodeuwedd and the Old Sow of Maenawr Penardd
>
> Roger
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Corelis" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 8:10 PM
> Subject: Discuss.
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>
> "A woman who concerns herself with poetry should, I believe, either be a
> silent Muse and inspire the poets by her womanly presence, as Queen
> Elizabeth
> and the Countess of Derby did, or she should be the Muse in a complete
> sense:
> she should be in turn Arianrhod, Blodeuwedd and the Old Sow of Maenawr
> Penardd
> who eats her farrow, and should write in each of these capacities with
> antique
> authority. She should be the visible moon: impartial, loving, severe,
> wise."
>
> -- Robert Graves, The White Goddess
>
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