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Dorothy Parker born in West End, New Jersey, August 22nd 1893. On her 70th birthday in 1963, she declared, "If I had any decency I'd be dead. Most of my friends are."
— Sep 17, 2026 08:35PM
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Fatal interview XLVII
Ednas St Vincent Millay
(February 22nd 1882 — October 19th 1950)
...In the myth, Endymion chooses to sleep forever, remaining deathless and ageless, while Selene visits him nightly, eventually bearing him a total of 50 daughters.
Millay and Dillon lived together in Paris during the winter and spring of 1932, although Millay was still married to Eugen Jan Boissevain.
— Sep 30, 2026 06:35AM
Ednas St Vincent Millay
(February 22nd 1882 — October 19th 1950)
...In the myth, Endymion chooses to sleep forever, remaining deathless and ageless, while Selene visits him nightly, eventually bearing him a total of 50 daughters.
Millay and Dillon lived together in Paris during the winter and spring of 1932, although Millay was still married to Eugen Jan Boissevain.
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Touch
Gunn fell in love with an American man while at Cambridge University and followed him to the US. It is this relationship which informs his first unmetred verse poem, 'Touch', the title poem of his 1967 collection, which saw Gunn writing with greater risk and freedom.
Thom Gunn
(August 29th `1929 — )
— Sep 26, 2026 03:37PM
Gunn fell in love with an American man while at Cambridge University and followed him to the US. It is this relationship which informs his first unmetred verse poem, 'Touch', the title poem of his 1967 collection, which saw Gunn writing with greater risk and freedom.
Thom Gunn
(August 29th `1929 — )
Judi
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Johann W. von Goethe born in Frankfurt August 28th 1749
— Sep 22, 2026 05:53AM
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The Linen Industry
Michael Longley
(July 27th 1939 — )
Michale Longley read Classics at Trinity College, Dublin and then taught in schools in England and Ireland. His collection The Weather in Japan (2000) won the T.S. Eliot prize and the Hawthornden prize, and he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2001. He and his wife, the critic Edna Longley, live and work in Belfast.
— Sep 21, 2026 06:06PM
Michael Longley
(July 27th 1939 — )
Michale Longley read Classics at Trinity College, Dublin and then taught in schools in England and Ireland. His collection The Weather in Japan (2000) won the T.S. Eliot prize and the Hawthornden prize, and he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2001. He and his wife, the critic Edna Longley, live and work in Belfast.
Judi
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The Mirabeau Bridge
Guillaume Apollinaire
(August 26th 1880 — November 9th 1918)
translated by W. S. Merlin
Christened Guglielo de Kostrowitzky, Apollinaire changed his name following a visit to the Apollinariskirche at Remagen in the Rhineland when he was 21. He later befriended Picasso and Max Jacob in Paris, and became closely involved with contemporaneous art movements, coining the term 'Sur-réalisme'.
— Sep 20, 2026 03:28PM
Guillaume Apollinaire
(August 26th 1880 — November 9th 1918)
translated by W. S. Merlin
Christened Guglielo de Kostrowitzky, Apollinaire changed his name following a visit to the Apollinariskirche at Remagen in the Rhineland when he was 21. He later befriended Picasso and Max Jacob in Paris, and became closely involved with contemporaneous art movements, coining the term 'Sur-réalisme'.
Judi
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Praise in Summer
Richard Wilbur
(March 1st 1921 — )
.... He returned from the war to assemble his first collection of poems The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems (which included 'Praise in Summer'); it was published when Wilbur was just 26. Many critics were mystified by the apparent optimism of Wilbur's poetry, and he has been criticized for failing to write a poetry that bears witness to suffering.
— Sep 19, 2026 10:05PM
Richard Wilbur
(March 1st 1921 — )
.... He returned from the war to assemble his first collection of poems The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems (which included 'Praise in Summer'); it was published when Wilbur was just 26. Many critics were mystified by the apparent optimism of Wilbur's poetry, and he has been criticized for failing to write a poetry that bears witness to suffering.
Judi
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I Am the Great Sun
(from a Normandy crucifix of 1632)
Charles Causley
(August 24th 1917 —)
...He has continued to write prolifically since then, and is particularly admired for his children's poetry. Though unfashionable with literary critics, Causley had remained one of the most popular poets writing in English.
— Sep 19, 2026 05:56AM
(from a Normandy crucifix of 1632)
Charles Causley
(August 24th 1917 —)
...He has continued to write prolifically since then, and is particularly admired for his children's poetry. Though unfashionable with literary critics, Causley had remained one of the most popular poets writing in English.
Judi
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A Lyric Afterwards
Tom Paulin
(January 25th 1949 — )
His latest book is The Invasion Handbook, the first instalment of an epic poem about the Second World War. He is a regular panellist on the BBC show Late Review.
— Sep 18, 2026 06:32AM
Tom Paulin
(January 25th 1949 — )
His latest book is The Invasion Handbook, the first instalment of an epic poem about the Second World War. He is a regular panellist on the BBC show Late Review.
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Dark August
Derek Walcott
(January 23rd 1930 — )
When he appeared on Desert Island Discs, Walcott chose cigarettes as his luxury, Joyce's Ulysses as his one book, and a mix of music that included Bob Marley, Paul Simon and several Calypso artists. Walcott and Simon are friends, and they famously collaborated on the (not altogether successful) 1997 musical, The Capeman.
— Sep 16, 2026 07:44PM
Derek Walcott
(January 23rd 1930 — )
When he appeared on Desert Island Discs, Walcott chose cigarettes as his luxury, Joyce's Ulysses as his one book, and a mix of music that included Bob Marley, Paul Simon and several Calypso artists. Walcott and Simon are friends, and they famously collaborated on the (not altogether successful) 1997 musical, The Capeman.