D. was writing imagist poetry at the beginning of the twentieth century, the poet’s bisexuality could only be hinted at through coded symbol and allusion.
When H. D. was writing imagist poetry at the beginning of the twentieth century, the poet’s bisexuality could only be hinted at through coded symbol and allusion. By the end of the twentieth century, the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955) could explore same-sex desire in a more direct way, as in this beautiful poem about hidden love and desire between a servant and her mistress.