The end of the line

Journeys to where you are

While leading a reading group recently on the poetry of D. H. Lawrence—part 2 of which is being held tomorrow—a thought came to me with a pure force of insight, instantly demanding to be recognized as truth. What is the theme of the poem “The Ship of Death”? What does it mean to “build your ship of death”? Well, it means many things, abstract things, me…