`In Burnt October, Brown'
Anecdotal Evidence (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
October, not upstart April, is the true Poetry Month, as I’ve demonstrated before, though the explanation remains elusive. Long, cold January nights seem no more conducive to conceiving poets than plumbers or osteopaths. Here are more poets born in October: Fulke Greville: Oct. 3, 1554 Yvor Winters: Oct. 17, 1900 Leigh Hunt: Oct. 19, 1784 Alphonse De Lamartine: Oct. 21, 1790 And additional honorary...