Spring : Edna St. Vincent Millay : : April Poems : : Month Poems : :

SpringBY EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAYTo what purpose, April, do you return again? 1Beauty is not enough. 2You can no longer quiet me with the redness 3Of little leaves opening stickily. 4I know what I know. 5The sun is hot on my neck as I observe 6The spikes of the crocus. 7The smell of the earthContinue reading “Spring : Edna St. Vincent Millay : : April Poems : : Month Poems : :”

The courage that my mother had : Edna St. Vincent Millay : : Mother Poems : :

This Poem has found a place in the hearts of millions of readers, bringing the mix of courage, motherhood, and death.“The Courage That My Mother Had” is included in the collection Mine the Harvest, which was published in 1949. The poems in this volume were written in Millay’s later years, and they tend to reflectContinue reading “The courage that my mother had : Edna St. Vincent Millay : : Mother Poems : :”

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