Excerpt: ...flaming torch of justice, symbolizing as it burns: Here none may rob the toiler of the prize he fairly earns. To-day our thanks we're giving for the riches that are ours, For the red fruits of the orchards and the perfume of the flowers, For our homes with laughter ringing and our hearthfires blazing bright, For our land of peace and plenty and our land of truth and right; And we're thankful for the glory of the old Red, White and Blue, For the spirit of our fathers and a manhood that is true. 100 MA AND HER ...
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Excerpt: ...flaming torch of justice, symbolizing as it burns: Here none may rob the toiler of the prize he fairly earns. To-day our thanks we're giving for the riches that are ours, For the red fruits of the orchards and the perfume of the flowers, For our homes with laughter ringing and our hearthfires blazing bright, For our land of peace and plenty and our land of truth and right; And we're thankful for the glory of the old Red, White and Blue, For the spirit of our fathers and a manhood that is true. 100 MA AND HER CHECK BOOK Ma has a dandy little book that's full of narrow slips, An' when she wants to pay a bill a page from it she rips; She just writes in the dollars and the cents and signs her name An' that's as good as money, though it doesn't look the same. When she wants another bonnet or some feathers for her neck, She promptly goes an' gets 'em, an' she writes another check. I don't just understand it, but I know she sputters when Pa says to her at supper: "Well! You're overdrawn again!" Ma's not a business woman, she is much too kind of heart To squabble over pennies or to play a selfish part, An' when someone asks for money, she's not one to stop an' think Of a little piece of paper an' the cost of pen an' ink. She just tells him very sweetly if he'll only wait a bit An' be seated in the parlor, she will write a check for it. She can write one out for twenty just as easily as ten, An' forgets that Pa may grumble: "Well, you're overdrawn again!" Pa says it looks as though he'll have to start in workin' nights To gather in the money for the checks that mother writes. He says that every morning when he's summoned to the...
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A nostalgic collection of old fashioned poetry by Edgar A. Guest, the poet whose poems appeared in many papers( and other publications) many years ago. I remember my grandmother reading them, and this volume brings back happy memories. Rhyming verses.and sentimentality were the words of the day. No free verse from Mr. Guest.
JoAn
May 10, 2007
Grandma's poet
My grandmother kept a scrapbook in the 1930's. It contained items that were important to her , pictures of people she knew, obituaries, but also whatever culture she could glean from the desolate prairie she lived in.
She had one poet whose homespun poems appeared quite frequently in Grandma's scrapbook, poems by Edgar Guest. Poetry seems to have gone out of style so I have been collecting books of poetry by American poets, but I had nothing by Edgar Guest.
The internet supplied information on Edgar Guest who had been a popular poet who wrote for a Detroit newspaper for many years. His books were made up of poems from his newspaper days and they are rough, but they were probably very affordable for the people who had little money in those days.
Now I am a great grandmother I am enjoying my trip back in time through the pages of such books as A Heap of Living.
Life by Edgar A. Guest Life is a gift to be used every day, Not to be smothered and hidden away; It isn't a thing to be stored in the chest Where you gather your keepsakes and treasure your best; It isn't a joy to be sipped now and then And promptly put back in a dark place again.
Life is a gift that the humblest may boast of And one that the humblest may well make the most of. Get out and live it each hour of the day, Wear it and use it as much as you may; Don't keep it in niches and corners and grooves, You'll find that in service its beauty improves.
