Girl Called Vincent: The Life of Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay
This book is dedicated to the memory of Jack Scaparro 1935 2012 fellow writer fierce champi on longtime friend In your day this moment is the sun Upon a hill after the sun has set Edna St Vincent Millay Page 8
Introduction G W hen I was about 12 years old I found these words in a poetry book All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood I turned and looked another way And saw three islands in a bay The words were simple and they made me want to be in that beautiful place where I could see three islands in a bay three long mountains and a wood I kept reading Over these things I could not see These were the things that bounded me Hmm Now I wasn t poem was't sure what the really about It was a very long one more than 200 lines but the rhythm of the words the very clear images and the stirring emotions kept me reading By the time I had finished it I was puzzled moved and intrigued all at once I started reading it again That poem was Edna St Vincent Millay's Re Page 11
Girl Called Vincent: The Life of Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay, known as Vincent, was an acclaimed American poet who came to embody the modern, liberated woman of the Jazz Age
