Episode 2: "Afternoon on a Hill" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Published: Nov. 21, 2021, 10:29 p.m.

b'Read and more GoodPoetry at www.GoodPoetry.org, and listen on Audible, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Anchor.Fm, iHeart, and GooglePlay Music and connect with us @itsGoodPoetry on Facebook, and Twitter.\\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\\nPhotograph Info:\\nEdna St. Vincent Millay in Mamaroneck,[3] NY, 1914, by Arnold Genthe.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\\nThe Poem:\\n\\nI will be the gladdest thing\\n\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0Under the sun!\\n\\xa0I will touch a hundred flowers\\n\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0And not pick one.\\n\\nI will look at cliffs and clouds\\n\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0With quiet eyes,\\n\\xa0Watch the wind bow down the grass,\\n\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0And the grass rise.\\n\\nAnd when lights begin to show\\n\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0Up from the town,\\n\\xa0I will mark which must be mine,\\n\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0And then start down!'