Rachael Eyre's Blog - Posts Tagged "muses"
Poems and other scribbleydoos
As a new feature, I'm going to share pieces of writing past and present on this page. Although mostly poetry (I'm keeping short stories for published collections), there may be the occasional non fiction piece or article.
The first two to be posted are dug up from the vaults: Darling Loeb, which was the first poem I wrote for my creative writing course in 2003 (but tidied up), and According to Beatrice, a more recent poem about Beatrice Portinari. It's part of a series I'm writing about Famous Muses; she'll be joined by Shakespeare's Dark Lady and others.
It's always been a source of fascination to me that although they've been immortalised by these great men, we know next to nothing about them - including whether the feeling was even reciprocated. And, indeed, does the artist/muse relationship necessarily have to be a straight man pining for a woman? Departures from this mould will be welcomed.
The first two to be posted are dug up from the vaults: Darling Loeb, which was the first poem I wrote for my creative writing course in 2003 (but tidied up), and According to Beatrice, a more recent poem about Beatrice Portinari. It's part of a series I'm writing about Famous Muses; she'll be joined by Shakespeare's Dark Lady and others.
It's always been a source of fascination to me that although they've been immortalised by these great men, we know next to nothing about them - including whether the feeling was even reciprocated. And, indeed, does the artist/muse relationship necessarily have to be a straight man pining for a woman? Departures from this mould will be welcomed.
