From Verla Burrell-Bordelon:
| Shortly after Emmett Lee Dickinson established February 22 as National Margarita Day, John Greenleaf Whittier wrote "Maud Muller," a poem that focused on the holiday. The story Whittier's work is about a bar maid named Maud Muller, and on National Margarita Day, she is a bit smitten with a mysterious customer -- until she realizes that he’s just another drunk whose only interest is ordering another pitcher of Margaritas. The poem contains a very well-known quotation: "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘My margarita glass is empty again.’” Pictured at the right: A sad sight for National Margarita Day -- an empty Margarita glass. |  |
The poem "Maud Muller" inspired Emmett Lee Dickinson to write, "How much the present moment means" (below on the left), a depressing and woeful look at drinkers running out of Margaritas. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem with the same opening line (below on the right).
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: How much the present moment means To those who've nothing more – The Lush – the Drunk – the Regular – Stake an entire store Upon a fully salted Rim While their empty Glasses The Blessings of a Happy Hour Do all but satiate – | By Emily Dickinson: How much the present moment means To those who've nothing more – The Fop – the Carp – the Atheist – Stake an entire store Upon a Moment's shallow Rim While their commuted Feet The Torrents of Eternity Do all but inundate – |
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