Undiscovered Poe? Early Works Before ‘The Black Cat’
Did the Post print several anonymous pieces by Edgar Allan Poe before we printed his classic short story, The Black Cat?
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Tag Archives: poetry
Classic Art: Dog Wanted
This 1932 poem was just begging for our attention and some illustrations by Robert L. Dickey.
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The Regular Party Man
In 1911, J.W. Foley waxed poetic about straight-ticket voting.
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Famous Contributors: Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes’ poetry ran in the Post during the 1940s, despite a relationship that could be described as “love-hate.”
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Limerick Laughs
Who won the July/August 2010 Limerick Contest? You can find her in here, along with a few runners-up.
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An Unlikely Hero in the Fight for Personal Liberty
Henry David Thoreau didn’t look for liberation among other people. He waged his struggle for independence inside himself.
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Deja Blue
A never-ending problem
Has the automakers bawling.
The cars they’d just as soon forget
They’re constantly recalling. Wayne Tryhuk Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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“Father of the Year”
Award-winning TV personality and recipient of the highest accolades in broadcast journalism, Charles Osgood shares an endearing Father’s Day poem.
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“Burden-bearing Beastie,” by Fred G. Cooper
An inquiry to our archives revives memories of a comical poem from the Depression.
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Mother, Come Back from the Echoless Shore
A famous Mother’s Day tribute from the 1860s.
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Risk (A Verse)
It’s one thing to be careful to avoid a nasty fall,
But apart from that, I must say, I’m not risk averse at all.
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Longfellow in the Post
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow—a contemporary of Sam Houston—is one of the most American of our poets. Certainly he is better known than most, even if all we know are titles and a line or two from “The Song of Hiawatha,” “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” or “Evangaline.”
This week, we offer some of his poems, which appeared in the Post of the 1840s.
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Voices of Love
Leading American poets explore the human heart. (December 31m 1966-January 7,1967
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Poetry by Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker published poems in the Saturday Evening Post. And we have proof.
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A Poem for the Passing of 2009
Here, from a century ago, is the Post’s review of the passing year in six “cantos” and an “ode.”
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Song for New Year’s Day, 1949
What were they singing about 60 years ago? Here’s a song that may ring a familiar tune.
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Halloween Visitor
Tonight when the moon is soaring high,
And the broomstick set invades the sky,
I’m expecting, as the wee ghosts moan,
The only witch I’ve ever known.
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