The daily poem: Female Principles

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Elaine Feinstein grew up in Leicester. She has published more than 30 books, including fiction and biography, and written for radio and television. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1980 and in 1990 she received a Cholmondeley Award. This poem appears in her new collection Selected Poems published next month by Carcanet at pounds 9.95.