The Filidh were one of the druidic classes who were hugely influential in pre-Christian Ireland. For Poets, they form a template of courageous rebels who bowed to neither peasant nor king. The source of Filidh power was the will to 'free speech' even if it repulsed the sensitivities of others. Filidh didn't bow to the pressure to be silent. In fact they 'satirised' their targets with grandiose acts that revealed private facts the target would prefer kept secret.

The Poet who has the courage to engage in the Literary Portrait must have that same unbending will of our ancestors, to pursue the uncovering of the nasty truths that if unchallenged would bend the world in ways we can see will bring illness to society or self.

Be strong and publish.