Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
John Ciardi
Born: June 24, 1916
Died: March 30, 1986 (aged 69)
Bio: John Anthony Ciardi was an American poet, translator, and etymologist.
Known for:
- The Collected Poems of John Ciardi
- A Third Browser's Dictionary (1980)
- Doodle Soup (1985)
- You Read to Me, I'll Read to You (1961)
- The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks