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HalfAMoon Day 5 – Breaking Up and/or Making Up: Ebb by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Ebb
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
I know what my heart is like
Holding a little pool
Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. She was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She was the first woman and second person to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. In 1943, Millay was the sixth person and the second woman to be awarded the Frost Medal for her lifetime contribution to American poetry.
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
I know what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledgeHolding a little pool
Left there by the tide,
A little tepid pool,
Drying inward from the edge.A little tepid pool,
Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. She was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She was the first woman and second person to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. In 1943, Millay was the sixth person and the second woman to be awarded the Frost Medal for her lifetime contribution to American poetry.
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