"A few cherries from the thorn" by Edna St. Vincent Millay is a collection of poems written by an outstanding American poet in the era of modernism. In these poems, Millay openly mocks society's conventions and claims to its moral principles, using sarcastic humor and irony. The author penetrates into the fundamental problems of human relations, freely experiments with form and language. "A few cherry berries from a thorn" is a provocative work that leaves a poetic mark in the heart and mind of the reader.