Two from Juliet

The Mother of God, and Leda and the Swan

The Mother of God, and Leda and the Swan

The brilliant, lovely, and wonderful Juliet Ulman, who has supported Ftrain for at least 4 years now, writes: “Two of my most favorite poems are also by Yeats--the other Yeats, the tortured and weird one. I think might be my favorite poem ever, all terrible and beautiful, like stern Athena come from the mountain. I do not think it is a coincidence that two of my top ten poems are about god. I am an interesting sort of atheist.”

Paradise Lost is also in the top ten, but cannot be transcribed here, for obvious reasons. Namely, My God I Do Not Have That Much Time In The Day, Man!

The Mother of GodThe threefold terror of love, a fallen flare....
Leda and the SwanA sudden blow: the great wings beating still