Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Maxine Kumin
Born: June 6, 1925
Died: February 6, 2014 (aged 88)
Bio: Maxine Kumin was an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981 1982.
Known for:
- Looking for luck (1992)
- Inside the Halo and Beyond (2000)
- Still to Mow (2007)
- The Long Marriage (2002)
- Always beginning (2000)