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Born in November 10, 1879 / Died in December 5, 1931 / United States / English

Poems by Vachel Lindsay

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Kalamazoo

... scarum way, She left with a passing traveller-man— ...

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The Modest Jazz-Bird

... So the youngster spread his sunflower wings ...

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I Know All This When Gipsy Fiddles Cry

...   Sweeps through the decks, your brown tribes all will go! ...

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On Receiving One Of Gloriana’s Letters

... And then the white sweet Russian, ...

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An Indian Summer Day On The Prairie

... That creeps through the high gray plain, ...

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Crickets On A Strike

... And they play for the foolish queen no more ...

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What The Scare-Crow Said

... Then dig a treasure called the moon, ...

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Two Easter Stanzas

... Then Christ’s wild cry in all the streets is rife:— ...

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John Brown

... the body of the poem, while the chorus interrupts with ...

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The Prairie Battlements

... And here lived old King Silver Dreams, ...

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Tolstoi Is Plowing Yet

... And the arching path where new sweet stars have birth ...

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In Praise Of Johnny Applseed

...   [Sidenote: _While you read, hear the hoof-beats of deer in the snow ...

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Speak Now For Peace

... Though your voice may seem as a dove’s in this howling flood, ...

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On Suddenly Receiving A Curl Long Refused

... Saying, “The girl is all daring and kindness!” ...

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What The Hyena Said

... Yea, rear their brood on earth’s dead face ...