Some of my Butch Idols

Sylvia Beach

The founder of,

Shakespeare and Company,

mythical bookshop,

if ever there was one.

Bookseller extraordinaire,

she published,

Joyce’s Ulysses,

when no-one would.

Ms Beach is a legend,

impeccable taste,

avant gardiste,

a butch of stupendous importance,

in my humble opinion.

Colette,

the great French writer,

her  body of work,

is very large,

and varied,

novels, short stories, theatre, memoirs,

an epicurean,

a lover,

of the natural world,

and,

of the life of the mind,

a strong woman,

trailblazer,

feminist,

before that word,

even,

existed.

An original,

in the true sense of the word.

Mary Oliver,

is a recent addition,

to my Pantheon.

A poet.

A magnificent poet,

a poet of truth.

Seeking it,

living it.

Her poems,

like Wild Geese,

or,

The Journey,

choke me up,

and,

send shivers down,

my spine.

If you haven’t read her,

you must,

just ‘google’ her.

These women,

are some of,

my butch Idols,

there are others,

I might make this,

a semi regular post,

we’ll see.

I’m a little tired right now,

doing lots of reading,

which I’ll tell you about,

soon.

Later girls,

BB