Thursday, February 23, 2006

Splash du Jour: Thursday

Belated Birthday Greetings to Edna.

Yesterday was the birthday of one of my favorite poets of all time.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), born Feb.22nd in Rockland, ME.
Of the hazards of her profession, she once remarked: “A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down… If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book, nothing can help him.”

For a bookpuddly assessment of one of my favorite Millay poems, click here.

Have a great Thursday!

2 comments:

JoanneMarie Faust said...

I've always been a big fan of her "Love Is Not All"

Cipriano said...

She is a gem.
An American treasure.
There is just no other way to say it.