Parting thought for the night

[icepixie]

Resolved: Shippy adventure tales about space pilots can only be improved by inclusion of references to Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Seriously, though, doesn't part of "Renascence" remind you of a rocket launch? Specifically this part:

But, sure, the sky is big, I said

Comments

[eglantine_br]

I never thought of it in terms of rockets, but I can see it now, for sure. I Love her poems.

[icepixie]

I never thought of it in terms of rockets either until I was trying to describe leaving Earth in one for this thing I'm writing, and found myself basically channeling that poem. It's amazing that she wrote it 20+ years before rocket propulsion was even invented.

I Love her poems.

I think she's my favorite poet. I wish she were more well-known.

[asinpterodactyl]

I love that poem, but I'd never noticed the futuristic implications before. Brilliant!

[icepixie]

I love reading poems in entirely different lights from those they were (probably) intended for. :D