Poetic Openings : Ellis Parker Butler to Ellis Parker Butler

Poet : Ellis Parker Butler : Poem : To Marguerite : First Line : So great my debt to thee, I know my life
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler : Poem : To May : First Line : I have no heart to write verses to May;
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler : Poem : To Phyllis And May : First Line : O! fair, sweet Phyllis and sweet, fair May,
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler : Poem : Trespassers : First Line : When Love and I drew softly nigh
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler : Poem : Valentine To The Girl In Black : First Line : In hand I take this pen of mine

Poet : Ellis Parker Butler : Poem : Western : First Line : The Cowboy had a sterling heart,
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler : Poem : When Ida Puts Her Armor On : First Line : When Ida puts her armor on
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler : Poem : Why I Went To The Foot : First Line : Was ever a maiden so worried?
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler : Poem : Why Washington Retreated : First Line : 1775
Poet : Ellis Parker Butler : Poem : Womanly Qualms : First Line : When I go rowing on the lake,