tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post1576113068833392538..comments2024-03-29T10:18:13.837-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: Poetry Sunday: The courage that my mother had by Edna St. Vincent MillayDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-3327933345805228482019-12-08T09:50:48.529-06:002019-12-08T09:50:48.529-06:00Millay is a good one to introduce a reader to the ...Millay is a good one to introduce a reader to the joys of poetry.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-59560826707873612402019-12-08T09:49:49.586-06:002019-12-08T09:49:49.586-06:00We can only hope that those in our lives pass on t...We can only hope that those in our lives pass on the wisdom and courage and not all those less salubrious characteristics.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-827127561734236332019-12-08T09:47:28.270-06:002019-12-08T09:47:28.270-06:00I'm not sure Millay is read that much anymore,...I'm not sure Millay is read that much anymore, but her truth is still there for us.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-62490007223031474692019-12-08T08:51:21.739-06:002019-12-08T08:51:21.739-06:00I feel the same way about my mom. I am wearing one...I feel the same way about my mom. I am wearing one of her necklaces right now! Edna St Vincent Millay was the poet who got me reading poetry. I read an excellent biography of her called Savage Beauty by Nancy Mitford some years ago.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-22212724015003437362019-12-08T05:52:26.628-06:002019-12-08T05:52:26.628-06:00There is so much truth in this verse. More wisdom ...There is so much truth in this verse. More wisdom than we can imagine goes to the grave, but thank goodness that avarice, misery, insensitivity, cruelty, deception, meanness, sadism, and other less than salutary character traits go there too. David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-4560974871243180842019-12-08T04:38:23.704-06:002019-12-08T04:38:23.704-06:00For many people there is a lot of truth to this. P...For many people there is a lot of truth to this. People tend not to really appreciate others until they are gone. <br /><br />That is great verse you posted. I do not think that I have read it before. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com