Sadly, the only poems I know off by heart are very short. (I used to know 'Ozymandias', but I just checked, and... nope.)
Anyway, this morning I noticed that Edna St. Vincent Millay is probably unique in my head-space, in that I know precisely one poem off by heart by her, and one about her.
The one by her is:First FigIt's not my favourite of hers, though. My favourite, mostly because of the final couplet, is this one.
My candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends —
It gives a lovely light!
Sonnet IV
I shall forget you presently, my dear,
So make the most of this, your little day,
Your little month, your little half a year
Ere I forget, or die, or move away,
And we are done forever; by and by
I shall forget you, as I said, but now,If you entreat me with your loveliest lie
I will protest you with my favorite vow.
I would indeed that love were longer-lived,
And vows were not so brittle as they are,
But so it is, and nature has contrived
To struggle on without a break thus far, —
Whether or not we find what we are seeking
Is idle, biologically speaking.
And the one I know about her - well, sort of - is I think by David Mamet. At least, he quotes it at the start of one of his plays, and Google doesn't turn up any other attribution for it.
The Reason I Like
The reason I like
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Is that her name.
Sounds like a basketball
Falling
Downstairs.
The reason I like
Walt Whitman
Is that his name
Sounds like
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Falling
Downstairs.
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These are all wonderful, in their own different ways. What is the significance of the title of the first one? I suspect there is something colloquial about first figs of which I am in ignorance.
No, don't worry, it's not you! It's a reference to the title of the collection in which it is the first poem: 'A Few Figs From Thistles'. The next is called Second Fig, and goes:
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
Oo I don't know her. That's fab. (I'm not a robot.)
Haha! Thank you for the explanation and for the bonus feature of the Second Fig. A shining star for my evening.
Hooray - I'm delighted you're not dead :-)
In return I give you a limerick to cart around in your memory forever:
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The cause of my sorrow
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I bought a set of books of the poetry of Edna St Vincent Millay on the strength of one poem read on the underground. Unfortunately I find most of her work doesn't speak to me the way that poem did. I prefer the falling downstairs poem to most of her output, frankly! Congrats on solving the virtual insoluble puzzle book thing, btw.
I know the first half of 'In Country Sleep' by Dylan Thomas. I recite it in my head while doing the plank. I find the sound and rhythm of the words really beautiful, and also I try to work out what the hell he was on about, to distract myself from the pain.
Also some shorter ones of which this is my favourite, by Christopher Logue.
Last night in London Airport
I saw a wooden bin
labelled UNWANTED LITERATURE
IS TO BE PLACED HEREIN.
So I wrote a poem
and popped it in.
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Forgive me only now commenting on an older post of yours. I haven't come by to enjoy your blog in quite a while, but it's always a treat when I remember to take a look! I really love Edna St. Vincent Millay's poetry. She was such an interesting person, too, from what little I know of her -- which isn't much more than what wikipedia can tell me, to be honest, but even that sliver of biography is very interesting. If you're ever in the mood for a few more poems, I think you'd enjoy these, which are among my favorites even though they're not among her best-known works:
Intention to Escape from Him: https://poets.org/poem/intention-escape-him
An Ancient Gesture: https://allpoetry.com/An-Ancient-Gesture
Whereas at morning in a jeweled crown: https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/whereas-morning-jeweled-crown
Childhood is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies: https://poets.org/poem/childhood-kingdom-where-nobody-dies
Alms: https://poets.org/poem/alms
And for Walt Whitman, my favorite of his short poems is this one:
I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45471/i-saw-in-louisiana-a-live-oak-growing
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