Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
John Wain

Born: March 14, 1925
Died: May 24, 1994 (aged 69)
Bio: John Barrington Wain was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement". For most of his life, Wain worked as a freelance journalist and author, writing and reviewing for newspapers and the radio.
Known for:
- Hurry on Down (1953)
- A Winter in the Hills (1970)
- The smaller sky (1967)
- Strike the father dead (1962)
- Young Shoulders (1982)