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James Whitcomb Riley - Wikipedia  James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849  July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively.
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James Whitcomb Riley - PoemHunter.com  Search in the poems of James Whitcomb Riley: James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the Hoosier Poet and Children's Poet for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively.
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James Whitcomb Riley - Wikipedia
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The Hoosier Poet | Gravely Speaking  Nov 10, 2011 ... The plaque at the monument reads, The Hoosier Poet was buried here in 1917. Known and acclaimed internationally for his poetry about life...
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James Whitcomb Riley | Poetry Foundation  Known as The Hoosier Poet because of his birth in Indiana and poems celebrating the state, and as The Children's Poet due to his appeal for young readers,...
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History and Mission | Poetry Foundation  The gift from Ruth Lilly has allowed the Poetry Foundation to expand and enhance the ... Founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe in 1912, Poetry is the oldest monthly ... The magazine established its reputation early by publishing the first important poems of T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, H.D.,...
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Governor Pence: What is the Indiana State Song? - IN.gov  "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away," written by Terre Haute native Paul Dresser and ... Paul Dresser was the brother of noted Hoosier writer Theodore Dreiser. Paul supposedly was so scandalized by his brother's frank writings that he...
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Rivers and Streams - Illinois DNR - Illinois.gov  How much do you know about Illinois ' rivers and streams? ... The smaller streams that feed into larger rivers and streams are called tributaries. ... River was made famous by a collection of poems written in 1914-1915 by Edgar Lee Masters. ... His Spoon River Anthology contains his impressions of the area and its residents.
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Edgar Lee Masters - The Pennsylvania Center for the Book  Abstract: The famous American poet Edgar Lee Masters was born on August 23, ... the Epigrams from the Greek Anthology, Masters wrote the epitaphs for over 200 ... In his work, he conveyed his cynical view of Midwestern life and values,...
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Hoosiers - Wikipedia  Hoosiers is a 1986 sports film written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by David Anspaugh. It tells the story of a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship. .... At the time, Indiana conducted a single state basketball championship for all of its high schools and continued to do so until 1997.
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James Whitcomb Riley - Wikipedia  James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849  July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and ... Riley began his career writing verses as a sign maker and submitting poetry to newspapers. .... The editors of the Anderson Democrat discovered Riley's poems in the Indianapolis Journal and offered him a job as a reporter in...
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Abraham Lincoln and Poetry: Library of Congress Bibliographies ...  [1] From an early age, the future president read, memorized, and recited poetry. ... which Lincoln began reading seriously around 1825, that he first came into contact with ... including Shakespeare, who ranked supreme in Lincoln's literary pantheon. .... Lowell, James Russell, "Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration.
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Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha and Kalevala - JStor  (meter) of Hiawatha was not taken from the Finnish epic. The ... to know that his poem did not follow its poetic techniques" (p. 2o). ... The best evidence of it is provided by Longfellow's numerous pen- ... of the form of The Song of Hiawatha.
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A Room with a View  James Whitcomb Riley Tomb (amended ...  Apr 2, 2013 ... The tomb of Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley keeps watch over Indianapolis from atop the highest natural point within the pre-UniGov city limits, the Crown Hill ... Publishing HI every day is more than just a 'labor of love' (though we do ... I love the statue of the child sitting and reading at Riley's gravesite.
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Historical Poet of the Month - Tripod  Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1806-1861 ... "A Drama of Exile," "A Vision of Poets," and "Lady Geraldine's Courtship." In 1845 she met her future husband, Robert Browning, who had written to her after the publication of her Poems. ... In 1860 she issued a small volume of political poems titled Poems before Congress. Her...
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H.D. - Wikipedia  Hilda "H.D." Doolittle (September 10, 1886  September 27, 1961) was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist known for her association with the early 20th century avant-garde Imagist group of poets such as Ezra Pound and Richard Aldington. She published under the pen name of H.D. ... In 1905, Pound presented her with a sheaf of love poems under the...
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When the Frost is on the Punkin - James Whitcomb Riley - Google ...  ... Riley gained popularity with his series of poems in the Hoosier dialect written under ... These originally appeared in the Indianapolis Journal, where he worked from ... His most popular poems are "When the Frost is on the Punkin"' and "The Old ... (Richard Crowder)---Riley also wrote humorous sketches and other poems.
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The Meanings of Hoosier - Indiana Historical Society  time residents, homesteaders, and travelers also became aware of it. ... Hoosier (1907), to provide what remains ... mand the respect of his neighbors. Dunn ... lections . . . of the Wabash Valley (1860). A .... name] from the southern part of Illinois, ..... Local Pride: The Origin of the Word Hoosier and Indiana's River Culture.
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Indiana Senate Republicans  For a complete list of state parks and events, visit www. ... Indiana, and on its outside, there ... On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away ... Indiana's state song was written by Paul Dresser and chosen by the. General Assembly in 1913. Here is...
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Famous Hoosiers Kids' Blog - The Indianapolis Public Library  Apr 20, 2015 ... ... The Orphant Annie Book James Whitcomb Riley  Garfield & Friends Jim Davis ... Michael Jackson  Larry Bird  Seed by Seed  Major Taylor...
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Darrell Bourque's Introduction to Louisiana - The Southern Poetry ...  And then there are the past's poets among us: Pinkie Gordon Lane, the first ... legacy of Robert Penn Warren, twice the United States Poet Laureate, who won two Pulitzer Prizes in poetry ... and edited (1935-1942) The Southern Review with Cleanth Brooks when he was on the Louisiana State University faculty (1934-1942).