New poem - 'Lady Margaret Sackville & Andre Breton'
This poem was inspired by the painting of Lady Margaret Sackville by Henry Lintott (1916) in The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh and the poems and collages by Andre Breton in The Dean Gallery, Edinburgh. Lady Margaret Sackville lived in Edinburgh for many years and wrote vehemently against the First World War. Andre Breton, living in Paris, wrote in the Manifesto for Surrealism how society was in thrall to the 'reign of logic'. He also strongly opposed the War. Lady Margaret Sackville & Andre Breton* never met wrote against war in Manifesto & Pageant The Surrealist The Children’s Writer philosophical as egg shells both cared how sons & daughters were betrayed how the search for truth is overcome by fear how slaughtered children, raped women still go unheard as broken bells * Lady Marg