“As a child I became a confirmed believer in the ancient gods simply because as between the reality of fact and the reality f myth, I chose myth...Myth is the truth of fact, not fact the truth of myth.” ChildrenFactsRealityBeliefAncientMythBelieverAncient Gods Author:Kathleen Raine
“Of all created things the source is one, Simple, single as love; remember The cell and seed of life, the sphere That is, of child, white bird, and small blue dragon-fly Green fern, and the gold four-petalled tormentilla The ultimate memory. Each latent cell puts out a future, Unfolds its differing complexity As a tree puts forth leaves, and spins a fate Fern-traced, bird feathered, or fish-scaled.” LifeChildrenRememberMemoriesSimpleWhiteFourFateTreeSourceFutureBirdGoldUltimateBlueGreenSimplicityFishesSeedsCellsComplexityDragonsSpheresLatentFernsWhite Birds Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
