impartial, loving, severe,
wise
wonderful, let me complete:
tall, whitest skin, deep trustful eyes, long fingers, noble (heart, mind,
hearth), full lips, small nose_ delicate features
slim,
the gait of a gazelle
the flight of the eagle
the words of Theseus
the perfume of the lilies of the valley
the grateful autumn sun her shadow
the Arts her sisters and brothers
Wisdom her mother
Courage her father
you can meet her in the woods
on the waves of the ocean
in the Middle Ages
with instant health
fullness of being
roundness of forms
our Diane
is Magdalene
is a world trotter
smokes marijuana
is homeless
lives in palaces
walks her bear
teaches, cleans, laughs, dances, sleeps, snores in catalepsy, coughs in
Paris
she is tired
so tired
when the moon shines
she smiles
to the sun
when the sun
and the sun
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From: "Jon Corelis" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:10 PM
Subject: Discuss.
"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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