On 24/3/04 10:46 AM, "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I used to think poetry a kind of protected space, where still a kind of
> innocence could occur, among the groves. Well it seems now that the sacred
> trees have been ripped down and the sanctuary now offers none.
Playing with the muses was never especially safe. Think of Marysas, who was
judged by them. Or Thamyris. Even Demodocus was blinded.
As Pound said:
Let the gods forgive what I
have made.
Best
A
Alison Croggon
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