She is most certainly my favorite poetess. While Millay does tend to lean on morbidity for inspiration, she manages to capture and render her reading into a state of complete fascination. I am especially fond of her short, and frequently whimsical prose. For a complete listing of her works, click here.
(Photograph taken of Millay by Arnold Genthe, June 1914)
“No matter what I say,
All that I really love
Is the rain that flattens on the bay,
And the eel-grass in the cove;
The jingle-shells that lie and bleach
At the tide-line, and the trace
Of higher tides along the beach:
Nothing in this place.”
– Eel-Grass, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Second April
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Thank you for that wonderful insight into Edna St. Vincent Millay – her poetry has a certain elegance with a sense of purpose.
I shall certainly read more too 🙂