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About Me

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Hello, everyone--this is a fan site in progress, ran by me, Brandon (see friends). I am in no way trying to blow away other Edna sites (check them all out, they're all good on here); just love Edna & thought it'd be fun to make her another site. Enjoy:)

Edna St. Vincent Millay (Feb 1892 - Oct 1950), a confident, lovely & inspiring poet is best described by her sister Norma: "She was usually unusually beautiful, sustained in any mood by her bright & lively hair, called red but with gold & darker lights and suiting its natural waves to her delicate face and head. Saying her poems alone on a stage, she became tall with her friendly dignity. Her voice was extraordinary. Her eyes were green & looked both inward and out."

Check out this amazingly beautiful musician, Erica Mulkey (see friends) --gorgeous music set to Edna poems:

My Interests

Lyrical, soulful & often very playful poetry. Also music, it was a hard decision for Edna on whether to pursue a career in poetry or music. & plays - dramas and satirical comedies. Love, ever-spirited bohemian life & smoking. Nature--everything of, but particularly objects of nature hated, feared or ignored; wildflowers carried far more beauty & power to Edna than a commonplace rose. The same for human nature, where true love & happiness were more vital than settling down.

I'd like to meet:

edna's home, and beautiful voice:):"the spring song", with poetry from edna's "three songs of shattering":"lay down lean", short film with edna's poetry; featuring zooey deschanel:):

Music:

Need to research more on what Edna really liked. But I do know she loved storytelling piano songs, which she would often play with her sisters (sneaking in 'dirty' songs for fun). They'd sometimes play late into the night, smoking & having merry fun.

Television:

Don't think so.

Books:

Edna's--poetry:

"Renasence" (ooohhh, sooo good; raw, passionate, the shining of a young beautiful soul, a must-read for Edna lovers)

"Second April"

"A Few Figs from Thistles"

"The Harp-Weaver & Other Poems"

"The Buck in the Snow"

"Poems Selected for Young People"

"Wine from These Grapes"

"Huntsman, What Quarry?", more...

--plays:

"Aria da Capo" (comedy); "The King's Henchman" (brillaint tragedy, a mastering of Shakespeare dialect with a twist of Edna storytelling, I own a '20s copy of, it's sooo cool), more...

Edna of course luuuuved Shakespeare, & she read a lot of traditional poetry, despite it being 'out of fashion' among young poets. Made the transition from "Mother Goose" to "Romeo & Juliet" when she was 7. Studied Dickinson, Byron & Tennyson mainly I believe, I'll do more research.

Heroes:

Her mother of course, Cora Millay--who passed down her beautiful, strong & unique personality to all of her daughters. I'll do more research again! sorry:(

My Blog

"to mrs millay nov 7, 1900" (a letter)

By Edna, writing to her mother when she was 8 years old. I love this (: &nbs p; &nbs p; &nb...
Posted by edna st vincent millay on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST

"to jesus on his birthday" (a poem)

"To Jesus on His Birthday"by Edna St Vincent MillayFor this your mother sweated in the cold,For this you bled upon the bitter tree:A yard of tinsel ribbon bought and sold;A paper wreath; a day at home...
Posted by edna st vincent millay on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:43:00 PST

"the buck in the snow" (a poem)

"The Buck in the Snow"by Edna St Vincent MillayWhite sky, over the hemlocks bowed with snow,Saw you not at the beginning of evening the antlered buck and his doeStanding in the apple-orchard? I saw th...
Posted by edna st vincent millay on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:37:00 PST

"to a young poet" (a poem)

"To a Young Poet"by Edna St Vincent MillayTime cannot break the bird's wing from the bird.Bird and wing togetherGo down, one feather.No thing that ever flew,Not the lark, not you,Can die as others do....
Posted by edna st vincent millay on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:30:00 PST

"first fig" & "second fig" (poems)

"First Fig"by Edna St Vincent MillayMy candle burns at both ends;It will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-It gives a lovely light!"Second Fig"Safe upon the solid rock the ugly ho...
Posted by edna st vincent millay on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:50:00 PST

"recuerdo" (a poem)

"Recuerdo" by Edna St Vincent MillayWe were very tired, we were very merry-We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable-But we looked into a fire...
Posted by edna st vincent millay on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:46:00 PST

"Renascence" (a poem)

"Renascence"by Edna St Vincent MillayAll I could see from where I stoodWas three long mountains and a wood;I turned and looked the other way,And saw three islands in a bay.So with my eyes I traced the...
Posted by edna st vincent millay on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:37:00 PST

"The Road to Avrille" (a poem)

"The Road to Avrille"by Edna St Vincent MillayApril again in Avrille,And the brown lark in air.And you and I a world apart,That walked together there.The cuckoo spoke from out of the wood,The lark fro...
Posted by edna st vincent millay on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:10:00 PST

"Conscientious Objector" (a poem)

"Conscientious Objector"by Edna St Vincent MillayI shall die, butthat is all that I shall do for Death.I hear him leading his horse out of the stall;I hear the clatter on the barn-floor.He is in haste...
Posted by edna st vincent millay on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:41:00 PST

"To the Wife of a Sick Friend" (a poem)

Edna St Vincent Millay "To the Wife of a Sick Friend" Shelter this candle from the wind. Hold it steady. In its light The cave wherein we wander lost Glitters with frosty stalactite, Blossoms wit...
Posted by edna st vincent millay on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:48:00 PST