My Substack title comes from Sir Philip Sidney’s The Defence of Poesie (1582) where he finishes by imploring the reader “I conjure you all that have had the evill lucke to reade this inke-wasting toy of mine, even in the name of the nine Muses, no more to scorne the sacred mysteries of Poesie, no more to laugh at the name of Poets…”
Ruth- I do like poetry as a way of seeing. Art forms as a whole do have that going for them, indeed. Thanks for sharing
Yes, indeed. Glad you enjoyed reading.