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Edna St. Vincent Millay says I know what my heart is like…

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Attempted Love

Ebb I know what my heart is like Since your love died: It is like a hollow ledge Holding a little pool Left there by the tide, A little tepid pool, Drying inward from the edge. – Edna St. Vincent … Continue reading →

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Edna St. Vincent Millay says I have lost you; and I lost you fairly…

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Attempted Love

“Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly; In my own way, and with my full consent. Say what you will, kings in a tumbrel rarely Went to their deaths more proud than this one went. Some nights … Continue reading →

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Erica Jong says the greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers…

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Attempted Love

“The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I’m thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho. You cannot divide creative juices from human … Continue reading →

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Edna St. Vincent Millay says time does not bring relief…

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Time does not bring relief; you all have lied Who told me time would ease me of my pain! I miss him in the weeping of the rain; I want him at the shrinking of the tide; The old snows … Continue reading →

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