What lurks behind the glory days? Is there salvation in nature? Or has humanity moved to far forward in it's relentless pursuit of progress? These are the questions that Charlotte Mew puts to us in her poem Fame. Though all this hides her true question; Can we ever find a peace between our inner desires and social contracts?

Charlotte Mew is surely one of the most tragic figures to emerge from the Victorian period of poetry. In this week's episode I take a look at her life and her struggles through one of her most beautiful poems and reveal just what made her such a unique voice in her time.

You can find a copy of the poem here: https://poets.org/poem/fame

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The music in this weeks episode is Lavender by Sergey Cheremisinov and is used under creative commons license . Enjoy his music here:  https://www.s-cheremisinov.com/

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