Edna St. Vincent Milay, American Bombshell, 1892-1950. This sonnet has to win the prize for the drumroll effect of the second line.
As often will happen when you just carry poems around in your head is that you flub a few llines: I decide just to leave my errors in, even though I could re-record, in the spirit of live energy. Meanwhile I should have said...
'Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree,
Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
Yet knows its boughs more silent than before'
Thanks, this has been added to our playlists here, and on facebook...
PoetryETrain 4 months ago
great reading
iLiketoWatch2006 1 year ago
You have captured the essence of her poem in words and mood. I have yet to heara poem of hers expressed more poignantly.
CROUCHSBOTTOM 3 years ago 2