Edna St. Vincent Millay has been said to be one of the greatest sonnet writers ever to have lived. Ironically enough, she was born to Cora and Henry. Those are the name of my two youngest children. It is said that Cora would travel with literature and read to her children and that may have sparked Edna into her love of words. She made her start with her poem Renaissance. It is said that she wrote for feminism and female sexuality. She was the third woman to win the poetry prize. She has written poems, sonnets, as well as plays. One of my favorite pieces of her writings is: “I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.” “Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly
