Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Hilda Conkling

Born: October 8, 1910
Died: June 26, 1986 (aged 75)
Bio: Hilda Conkling was an American poet. She was the daughter of Grace Hazard Conkling, a poet in her own right and Assistant Professor of English at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Hilda was born in New York state.
Known for:
- Poems By a Little Girl (1920)
- Shoes of the Wind: A Book of Poems (1922)
- Ten Little Ducks