http://tndaisy1960.vox.com/library/posts/tags/favorite+poem/page/1/ From Tennessee to California, This Daisy Still Blooms :) en Vox Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:36:27 -0800 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss favorite poem http://tndaisy1960.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favorite-poem.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(tndaisy1960) http://tndaisy1960.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favorite-poem.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://tndaisy1960.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favorite-poem.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:36:27 -0800 <blockquote><p>What is one of your favorite poems?<br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">Submitted by <a href="http://marvelismypenname.vox.com/" class="enclosure-inline-user" at:enclosure="inline-user" at:user-xid="6p00cd96fb2ae84cd5" at:screen-name="Leg over Leg zine" at:delegate="people-connect" at:user-pic="http://up0.vox.com/6a00cd96fb2ae84cd500d4144567946a47-75si" >marvel is my pen name</a>.</span><br /> </p></blockquote> <p><br /><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em">LAMENT</span></p> <p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 0.80em; font-family: arial">by: Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)</span></em></strong></p> <ul><ul><dl><dt><span style="font-size: 1.56em"><img height="25" src="http://www.poetry-archive.com/l_pic.gif" style="text-align: bottom" width="22" /></span>ISTEN, children: </dt><dt>Your father is dead. </dt><dt>From his old coats </dt><dt>I&#39;ll make you little jackets; </dt><dt>I&#39;ll make you little trousers </dt><dt>From his old pants. </dt><dt>There&#39;ll be in his pockets </dt><dt>Things he used to put there, </dt><dt>Keys and pennies </dt><dt>Covered with tobacco; </dt><dt>Dan shall have the pennies </dt><dt>To save in his bank; </dt><dt>Anne shall have the keys </dt><dt>To make a pretty noise with. </dt><dt>Life must go on, </dt><dt>And the dead be forgotten; </dt><dt>Life must go on, </dt><dt>Though good men die; </dt><dt>Anne, eat your breakfast; </dt><dt>Dan, take your medicine; </dt><dt>Life must go on; </dt><dt>I forget just why.</dt></dl></ul></ul>The last two lines are what attracts me to this.&#160; Some days, I just go through the motions.<br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tndaisy1960.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favorite-poem.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252275458e1d00d4141b8dd3685e?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd favorite poem