Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinleywas a Pulitzer Prizewinning American author of children's books and poetry. Her poetry was in the style of light verse, specializing in humor, satiric tone and the positive aspects of suburban life...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth21 March 1905
CountryUnited States of America
travel rain vacation
Rain is my lover, my apple strudel. / It haunts my heels like a pedigreed poodle. / Beyond the seas or across the nation, / It follows me faithful on every vacation.
past race gossip
Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop-talk of the scientist, and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past.
mind atheism prejudice
When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion.
life spices compromise
Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy
garden doe obsession
The trouble with gardening is that is does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.
girl mom daughter
The knowingness of little girls, is hidden underneath their curls.
marriage successful way
In a successful marriage, there is no such thing as one's way. There is only the way of both, only the bumpy, dusty, difficult, but always mutual path.
children hug praise
Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.
giving advice self-control
This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe.
mothers-day mom hands
A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you.
aunt shy littles
Aunts are discreet, a little shy / By instinct. They forbear to pry ...
hobbies doldrums
A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.
broken-heart silence troubled-relationship
Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.
responsibility men race
Women are not men's equals in anything except responsibility. We are not their inferiors, either, or even their superiors. We are quite simply different races.