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Vachel Lindsay in 1912. While in New York in 1905 Lindsay turned to poetry in earnest. He tried to sell his poems on the streets. Self-printing his poems, he began to barter a pamphlet titled Rhymes To Be Traded For Bread, which he traded for food as a self-perceived modern version of a medieval troubadour.
The Vachel Lindsay House is located near Springfield's downtown area, at the southwest corner of South 5th and East Edwards Streets. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a front-facing gable roof and clapboarded exterior.
"Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan" is a lyric poem by American poet Vachel Lindsay. [1] Written in August 1919, the poem recounts the dramatic rise and fall of U.S. presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan during the 1896 presidential campaign. [2]
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"Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" is a 1914 poem by American poet Vachel Lindsay.It portrays Abraham Lincoln walking the streets of Springfield, Illinois, stirred from his eternal sleep, a man, who even in death, is burdened by the tragedies of the modern world.
Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931) is often referred to as the most intensely romantic American poet of his generation. [6] Notably, Lindsay's career and personal life took a downturn after publication of The Golden Book in 1920. After rising in popularity during the 1910s for his rhythmic, musical brand of poetry performance, the poet published his ...
Local poet Vachel Lindsay's notions of utopia were expressed in his only novel, The Golden Book of Springfield (1920), which draws on ideas of anarchistic socialism in projecting the progress of Lindsay's hometown toward utopia. [22] The Dana–Thomas House is a Frank Lloyd Wright design built in 1902–03. Wright began work on the house in 1902.
From top, USC women's basketball head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, second from left, meets with her staff at halftime during a home game against California on Jan. 13.