Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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#December 18, 1967
#OTD Muriel Stuart, #English #Poet and #Writer, died.
#MacDiarmid thought she was the best #Scottish #Renaissance #Poet (#Female).
In #Midlife, Muriel gave up #Poetry for #Garden #Writing.
In her #Book, #Fool's Garden (1936), she wrote,
"Even the #Tiniest garden... is #Ennobled by #Planting #Trees.
Otherwise, the #Walls #Lean in, & there is nothing to #Lift your garden above the #Eye... to #Hide the peering #Windows, #Lavatory & #Clothesline of the #House next door."
#December #otd #english #poet #writer #macdiarmid #Scottish #renaissance #midlife #poetry #garden #writing #book #fool #tiniest #ennobled #planting #trees #walls #lean #lift #eye #hide #windows #lavatory #clothesline #house #female
Fitheach · @fitheach
2124 followers · 24451 posts · Server mstdn.ioYesterday, was Hugh MacDiarmid's anniversary, he died on September 9, 1978. On reading about the man, and his poetry, I was reminded of these lines:
For we ha’e faith in Scotland’s hidden poo’ers,
The present’s theirs, but a’ the past and future’s oors.
from "Gairmscoile "
Although written nearly 100 years ago it perfectly captures the political & cultural situations of to-day.
#poetry #macdiarmid #scotland #politics