The moment of conception (and his own in particular) is a mytheme to which Redgrove’s poetry frequently circles back. His penultimate posthumous collection,

A Speaker For the Silver Goddess

, features one of these in “Mystery Tale”:

Within the mother and the child of awesome parentsLike possibilities unplumbed; She told me the vision she attended as I was conceived – it was a feelingThat was all fragrance that was a lion with wings beating the world’s trade winds.

Within the mother and the child of awesome parentsLike possibilities unplumbed; She told me the vision she attended as I was conceived – it was a…

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Citation: Martiny, Erik. "Peter Redgrove". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 April 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3727, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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