The earliest poem collected in Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box, Alice Quinn's edition of Elizabeth Bishop's miscellaneous drafts and fragments, opens:

I introduce Penelope Gwin,
A friend of mine through thick and thin,
Who's travelled much in foreign parts
Pursuing culture and the arts.
'And also,' says Penelope
'This family life is not for me.
I find it leads to deep depression
And I was born for self expression.'[*]

LRB 29 November 2007 | PDF Download