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1970
’s
Cynthia Clodfelter,
[The wind is whispering through the trees.]
1976 · Bethabara Cook Book
1920
’s
[It almost makes me laugh,]
1929 · The Washingtonian, The Yearbook of the Washington Union High School
Dorothe Bendon,
“Strange God”
1929 · Mills College Year Book
Ruth Garrison Francis,
“Weavers of Life”
1929 · Pine Burr, The Yearbook of Beaumont High School
[We always laugh at the teacher's jokes]
1929 · The Gem, The Yearbook of Taylor University
Daisy Armentrout,
“A Senior's View of the Faculty”
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
Lydia Lord Shedd,
“That's Where Maine Comes In”
1929 · The Academy Bell
The Sabiduria,
“Football”
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
Catherine Rotter,
“Class Poem”
1929 · The Invader, The Yearbook of Auburn High School
“Course It's So”
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
Grace Charles,
“Farewell to Bithynia (Catullus 46)”
1929 · Mills College Year Book
Virginia Dewey,
“Japanese Panel”
1929 · Mills College Year Book
Dorothe Bendon,
“Query”
1929 · Mills College Year Book
“Epitaph”
1929 · The Gem, The Yearbook of Taylor University
“The Seniors' Farewell”
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
“Ode to Mr. Davis and Miss Solomon”
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
“Catering Made Easy”
1929 · The Gem, The Yearbook of Taylor University
[Johnny was a chemist,]
1929 · The Washingtonian, The Yearbook of the Washington Union High School
Basil Brown,
“Ode to a Bar-room Kitty”
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
“By Way of Introduction”
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
[Great chief and most heroic sire,]
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
Marcella Sears,
“Your Thoughts”
1929 · Mills College Year Book
C. L. Baker,
“Faculty Teas”
1929 · Mills College Year Book
Glen VanDyke,
“Achievement”
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
Katharine H. Shute,
“To Alma Mater”
1929 · Lampas, The Yearbook of the Teachers College of the City of Boston
“When the Moon Shines on the "Moonshine"”
1929 · The Gem, The Yearbook of Taylor University
C. L. Baker,
“Baby Tricks”
1929 · Mills College Year Book
Basil Brown,
“Class Poem”
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
“Sophomore Merits”
1929 · The Comment, The Yearbook of Keokuk Senior High School
[Rock bye Senior on the tree top]
1928 · The Tiger, The Yearbook of New Orleans University,
[There's H₂O in the ocean,]
1928 · The Tiger, The Yearbook of New Orleans University
John Hodge,
“Seniors”
1928 · The Your Book, The Yearbook of Benton Township Senior High
“From Hindustan to You”
1927 · Green and White, the Yearbook of the Gorham Normal School
[Where is the heart that doth not keep,]
1927 · The Virginian, The Yearbook of Washington-Lee High School
[Remember when heartsick and weary;]
September 10, 1925 · The Vilas County News-Review
Dr. W. F. Thomson,
[If you're thinking of cheese]
May 7, 1924 · The Austin Statesman
1910
’s
Louise Bennet Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron,
“November”
1917 · A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes)
Louise Bennet Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron,
“August”
1917 · A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes)
Louise Bennet Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron,
[Come, on mystic Hallowe'en,]
1917 · A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes)
Louise Bennet Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron,
“July”
1917 · A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes)
Louise Bennet Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron,
“October”
1917 · A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes)
Louise Bennet Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron,
“A Dedication”
1917 · A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes)
Louise Bennet Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron,
[Dear Alice, we have tried to choose]
1917 · A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes)
Louise Bennet Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron,
“September”
1917 · A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes)
Louise Bennet Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron,
“June”
1917 · A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes)
Edward O. Jackson,
“Song's Solace”
April 1, 1916 · The Washington Post
“Obituary Poetry”
January 5, 1916 · The Ligonier Echo
[It's a long way through B. T. H. S.]
1916 · Benton Township High School Yearbook
“Sole”
February 18, 1915 · The Stewartsville Record
“Not Deliberately Chosen”
February 18, 1915 · The Stewartsville Record
Dorothy Mulno,
“To James Whitcomb Riley”
October 13, 1913 · The Indianapolis Star
“The Old Game”
October 23, 1913 · The Indianapolis Star
Helen M. Burr,
“Riley”
October 13, 1913 · The Indianapolis Star
Hazel Steele,
“To Riley”
October 13, 1913 · The Indianapolis Star
Lucille Meredith Clay,
[Dear Mr. Riley, I'd like to say,]
October 13, 1913 · The Indianapolis Star
Wm. C.,
“A Good Old Subject to Discuss”
October 13, 1913 · The Indianapolis Star
Mildred Ruth Spann,
“Oct. 17, 1913”
October 13, 1913 · The Indianapolis Star
Frances Elizabeth Riley,
[I am a little schoolgirl,]
October 13, 1913 · The Indianapolis Star
Mae Pereguine,
[Dearest Mister Hoosier Poet,]
October 13, 1913 · The Indianapolis Star
Harry M. Reeder,
“To James Whitcomb Riley”
October 13, 1913 · The Indianapolis Star
J. B. ,
[The daintiest food, without a perhaps,]
1912 · The Molasses Cook Book
“'Twas Very Good”
May 19, 1911 · The Wetmore Spectator
[The tissues of life to be]
May 19, 1911 · The Wetmore Spectator
L. N. Kdenall,
“Life's Poetry and Prose”
May 19, 1911 · The Wetmore Spectator
“The Best Way”
May 19, 1911 · The Wetmore Spectator
Carol H. Turvey,
“The Hunters”
November 11, 1910 · The Washington Post
“Pa's Failing Faculties”
November 12, 1910 · The Washington Post
“Do It Early”
November 11, 1910 · The Washington Post
1900
’s
Edna Whitmore,
“The Psalm of the Schoolroom”
April 3, 1908 · The Stewartsville Record
“When Katie Waits”
August 8, 1908 · The Elwood Call-Leader
W. J. Lampton,
“The Sweet Girl Graduate”
June 15, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
“Reminiscent”
June 15, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
X. Y. Z.,
“Parody”
1908 · The Stewartsville Records
The Bentztown Bard,
“The Lanes of Light”
June 5, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
Edna Whitmore,
“The Teachers and the Editor”
April 3, 1908 · The Stewartsville Record
John Wilber Jenkins,
“The Sunday Sun's Political Primer For Young Americans”
June 14, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
“The Rubbernecks”
July 14, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
Eugene Lee Crutchfield, M.D.,
“An Old Fogy's View of Modern Educational Methods”
June 7, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
“What is Life to You?”
June 7, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
“The Drowsy Fisherman”
June 15, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
“Springtime Yarns”
June 7, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
“As You Know”
June 7, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
“A Street Car Ultimatum”
June 7, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
“Clip Them”
1908 · Boston Evening Transcript
“The Suburbanite”
July 15, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
“A Rural Reflection”
July 7, 1908 · The Baltimore Sun
Clyde C. Adams,
“The Meadow Lark”
April 6, 1905 · The Kansas Farmer
1890
’s
[TO THE MAN OR WOMAN]
September 15, 1897 · The Courier-Register
St. Nicholas,
“The Boyless Town”
September 15, 1897 · The Courier-Register
Mrs J. W. Stevenson,
[If you in cooking would excel,]
1893 · Second Parish Cook Book
“The Kiss”
June 14, 1893 · The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
“After the Prize-Fight”
September 8, 1892 · The Indianapolis News
Public Opinion,
“Too Late”
September 9, 1892 · The Indianapolis Times
[There are]
March 10, 1890 · The Hartford Courant
H. Cochrane,
“The Home Life”
April 24, 1890 · The Phillipsburg Dispatch
1880
’s
Ernest Bross,
“A Thanksgiving Psalm”
December 1, 1889 · The Sunday Oregonian
Thomas Hood,
“Ode to November in London”
October 25, 1884 · Tid-bits
1850
’s
James H. K. Hunter,
“Honor to All”
June 30, 1855 · The Weekly American Organ
1840
’s
“Home”
January 1, 1840 · The Native American
Date Unknown
“My Guest”
n.d. · Print found at Thorpe House Inn and Cottages