There are so many topics she's absolutely beguiling and metaphysically correct on... but not this one. It's probably got something to do with the fact that the (ideal? i.e Yeatsian?) monarchs of the ancient world are not the ones who are around now. Need I invoke the name of Saxe-Coburg... ?etc
Kathleen Raine is probably the most underrated poetess of our time. Man I have loved her talks.
I couldn't agree more. She is my anima mundi.
A spiritual voice of purple velvet and golden lace,
There are so many topics she's absolutely beguiling and metaphysically correct on... but not this one. It's probably got something to do with the fact that the (ideal? i.e Yeatsian?) monarchs of the ancient world are not the ones who are around now. Need I invoke the name of Saxe-Coburg... ?etc