See how against the weight in the bone
The hawk hangs perfect in the air -
The blood pays dear to raise it there
And I found other poems on the internet at Old Poetry and PoemHunter, where I was particularly struck by Transit of the Gods and Change - here are 2 verses
Change
Says the moon to the waters,
All is flowing.
...
You must change said,
Said the worm to the bud,
Though not to a rose
I haven't read all the poems on the two internet sites yet. I also found a comment about her being in the poetic line of William Blake, which I can see. I didn't really like Blake when I was in my twenties except for the few famous poems like The Tyger that just about everybody likes, finding him a bit weird, but now I like his weirder poetry a lot.
Kathleen Raine 1908 - 2003
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