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Edmund Vance Cooke

I lived from 1866-1932. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.

I influenced poet Edgar Albert Guest.

Edmund Vance Cooke on June 5th 1866, in Port Denver, Ontario, Canada. His first job after leaving school was in a Sewing Machine Factory. In 1893 he left that job to earn a living as a poet, writer, and public speaker .
He published his first book of poems, A Patch of Pansies in 1894 and went on to publish a further 15 books of poetry and several books for children
He married Lilith Castleberry in 1898 and they had five children
He became a broadcaster on station, WWJ in Detroit broadcasting his poems live to thousands of listeners.
Cooke died in Cleveland, Ohio on December 18th 1932.

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  • Don't Take Your Troubles to Bed
    You may labor your fill, friend of mine, if you will;
    You may worry a bit, if you must;
    19 lines, 2 comments
  • How Did You Die?
    Did you tackle that trouble that came your way
    With a resolute heart and cheerful?
    25 lines
  • Kisses
    Kisses kept are wasted;
    Love is to be tasted.
    7 lines, 2 comments
  • Requiescat in Pace
    The man who fears to go his way alone,
    But follows where the greater number tread,
    4 lines
  • Laugh a little bit
    Here's a motto, just your fit--
    Laugh a little bit.
    24 lines
  • Moo Cow Moo
    My papa held me up to the Moo Cow Moo
    So close I could almost touch,
    33 lines
  • A Courtin' Call
    He dressed hisself from top ter toe
    To beat the lates' fash'n.
    27 lines
  • Poetry
    "A Triplet of Quatrains."
    To deftly do what many dimly think;
    18 lines
  • Rags
    We called him "Rags." He was just a cur,
    But twice, on the Western Line,
    53 lines
  • Rent
    You may tinker with the tariff and make some simple gains,
    You may put on tolls or take 'em off, inducing party pains;
    36 lines
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