“I shall forget you presently, my dear” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poems read aloud, beautifully
![20edna Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1914 (Arnold Genthe/Wikimedia Commons)](https://theamericanscholar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20edna-1024x572.jpg)
Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1914 (Arnold Genthe/Wikimedia Commons)
Amanda Holmes reads Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem, “I shall forget you presently, my dear,” Sonnet IV in Four Sonnets (1922). Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.