Quote of the day
Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare;
And left the flushed print in a poppy there:
Like a yawn of fire from the grass it came,
And the fanning wind puffed it to flapping flame.
Fran Landesman

Born: October 21, 1927
Died: July 23, 2011 (aged 83)
Bio: Fran Landesman was an American lyricist and poet. She grew up in New York City and lived for years in Saint Louis, Missouri, where her husband Jay Landesman operated the Crystal Palace nightclub.
Known for:
- More truth than poetry (1979)
- The Thorny Side of Love (1992)
- Invade my privacy (1978)
- Rhymes at midnight (1996)







