This will be of interest to several folks...

[badstar]

http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Themes/Wine.htm

A rather long list of sacred poetry containing wine as a theme (I'm not really sure where they draw the line between sacred and secular, but it's all there.)

I found this one there:

The Mysteries Remain

The mysteries remain,
I keep the same
cycle of seed-time
and of sun and rain;
Demeter in the grass,
I multiply,
renew and bless
Iacchus in the vine;
I hold the law,
I keep the mysteries true,
the first of these
to name the living, dead;
I am red wine and bread.

I keep the law,
I hold the mysteries true,
I am the vine,
the branches, you
and you.

Hilda Doolittle (This one does not appear in the book that I got last week)

Comments

[erl-queen.livejournal.com]

I look forward to digging into that site when I'm home. And I think I may end up looking for some HD books around here - I had never heard of her before, but I love everything you've posted!

[fuego.livejournal.com]

I have never seen any of her books in a store, used, new whatever. I had to special order the one I have.

But good luck, perhaps the gods will smile upon you two more readily than they did on me in my search.

[fuego.livejournal.com]

from what I can tell with what information I have available, the book I have, HD, Collected Poems 1912-1944 is the most complete collection of her work that can be found in one volume (not that multiple volumes is bad or anything, I like the idea of being able to carry around as much work by a particular writer in a single volume as possible, as long as it's not too unwieldy. Unfortunately, I've been unable to find a complete works.)