in the foreword to "the white goddess", his historical grammar of poetic myth, robert graves notes: "the 'present' is a civilization in which the prime emblems of poetry are dishonoured. in which the serpent, the lion and the eagle belong under the circus tent; the ox, the salmon and the wild boar to the cannery; the racehorse and the hunting dog to the betting ring; and the sacred grove to the sawmill". with "the golden flood", ide hintze rescues the honour of those emblems and restores them to the discourse of our days threatened with environmental destruction and, his vocation accomplished for the jubilation of the poet and his adventures, voyages to a night for all times.
eugenio marrón casanova, poet, essayist, professor of literature, holguin, cuba july 13, 1994
in the foreword to "the white goddess", his historical grammar of poetic myth, robert graves notes: "the 'present' is a civilization in which the prime emblems of poetry are dishonoured. in which the serpent, the lion and the eagle belong under the circus tent; the ox, the salmon and the wild boar to the cannery; the racehorse and the hunting dog to the betting ring; and the sacred grove to the sawmill". with "the golden flood", ide hintze rescues the honour of those emblems and restores them to the discourse of our days threatened with environmental destruction and, his vocation accomplished for the jubilation of the poet and his adventures, voyages to a night for all times.
eugenio marrón casanova, poet, essayist, professor of literature, holguin, cuba july 13, 1994