Friday poem: Second Fig

Safe upon the solid rock

the ugly houses stand:

Come and see my shining palace

built upon the sand!

by Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950)

2 thoughts on “Friday poem: Second Fig”

Bartholomew Barker says:

April 6, 2019 at 12:02 am

I’ve fallen in love with Mrs. Millay.

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1. The Cheesesellers Wife says:
  
  April 6, 2019 at 1:45 pm
  
  Yes, I did three years ago — during one of my earliest posts on this blog if I remember correctly. Ended up buying her collected works from World of Books.
  
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