Quote by: Louise Bogan

Come, drunks and drug-takers; come perverts unnerved! Receive the laurel, given, though late, on merit; to whom and wherever deserved. Parochial punks, trimmers, nice people, joiners true-blue, Get the hell out of the way of the laurel. It is deathless And it isn't for you.


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Author Bio


  • NameLouise Bogan
  • DescriptionAmerican poet
  • BornAugust 11, 1897
  • DiedFebruary 4, 1970
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Bollingen Prize