Poetic Openings : Ellis Parker Butler to Ellis Parker Butler
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler :
Poem : Bird Nesting :
First Line : O wonderful! In sport we climbed the tree,
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler :
Poem : Circumstantial Evidence :
First Line : She does not mind a good cigar
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler :
Poem : Cupid Caught Napping :
First Line : Cupid on a summer day,
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler :
Poem : Golden Silence :
First Line : I told her I loved her and begged but a word,
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler :
Poem : Good-better-best :
First Line : When young, in tones quite positive
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler :
Poem : How'd You Like It? :
First Line : Well, then! How’d you like to bear the name of Butler
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler :
Poem : Immortality :
First Line : I bowed my head in anguish sore
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler :
Poem : Jabed Meeker, Humorist :
First Line : Twain? Oh, yes, I’ve heard Mark Twain
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler :
Poem : Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; I: On Dishonesty Arising From Ignorance :
First Line : King Joris was a kind-eyed king,
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler :
Poem : Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; Ii: On Malicious Cruelty To Harmless Creatures :
First Line : The cruelty of P. L. Brown—
