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.
Nathaniel Tarn

Born: 1928
Died: June, 2024 (aged 96)
Bio: Nathaniel Tarn was an American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator. He was born to a French mother and a British father. He lived in Paris until age 7, then in Belgium until age 11.
Known for:
- The persephones (1974)
- The beautiful contradictions (1969)
- Ins and outs of the forest rivers (2008)
- Scandals in the house of birds (1997)