Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Charles Tomlinson

Born: January 8, 1927
Died: August 22, 2015 (aged 88)
Bio: Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE was a British poet, translator, academic and illustrator. He was born in Penkhull, and grew up in Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Known for:
- The vineyard above the sea
- Airborn Hijos Del Aire
- Cracks in the Universe (Oxford Poets
- Amusements in Chess (1845)