Appendix 2: Index
Categories are not mutually exclusive. Also, bracketed text indicates a humorous (H) poem and/or offers additional information to facilitate searches for a particular poem.
accountability
The Section Foreman [train]
ancestors
attitude
behavior
The Fabulous City [speculation]
Film Judgment [H; theater]
Knocking [H; car]
The Modern Pupil [H; insubordination]
A Psalm of the Movies [H; theater]
The Umbrella Mender [procrastination]
character
The Bantams [H; animal]
The Chameleon [animal]
His Epitaph [compassion]
In Conference [H; haughtiness]
Iron [potential]
I Want [greed]
The Tree [corruption, plant]
A Trouble Making World [self]
community
Along the Road [service]
Magi and Shepherd [equality]
The Radio Neighborhood [connection]
Team-work [farm, teamwork]
consolation
duty
The Engineer [train]
electricity
Cupid’s Lament [H]
An Electric Personality [H; pun]
The Harness [H]
The High Tension Line [miracle]
Jove’s Plaint [H]
The Serving Giant [service]
entertainment
After-Images [theater]
The Magic of the Screen [theater]
Picture Books [theater]
The Picture’s Lament [H; theater]
The Shadow World [theater]
The Trouble with the Movies [H; theater]
The Window of Dreams [theater]
evolution
The Electric Spark [creation]
Evolution [H; technology]
The Firefly [animal]
Picture Writing [theater]
faith
fashion
fellowship
fortitude
The Rooster [H; animal]
The Second Wind [car]
God
The Creator [omnipresence]
Flowers Are Thoughts of God [plant]
The God of the Beginning [Providence]
God’s Manners [nature]
Imminence [nature]
The Voices of God [nature]
What Does It Matter? [Providence]
grace
gratitude
Thankfulness [plant]
heart
Finding God [nature]
heaven
home
Coming and Going [train]
The Temple [reverence]
hope
Climaxes v1921 [theater]
The Outcome [theater]
The Unknown Soldier [war]
legacy
Monuments [angel]
life
The Lens [theater]
Light and Shadow [theater]
The Railroad [train]
Shadows v1921 [theater]
Shadows on the Wall [theater]
The Station [train]
The Sunbeam and the Shadow [theater]
Why We Are Here [purpose]
love
military
The Watchdog of the Sea [navy]
mortality
When the Curtain Falls [theater]
The World’s Drama [theater]
nature
The Earth’s Plaint [technology]
Song of the Dove [animal]
parenting
The Heart of a Child Is a Scroll
patriotism
people
Gutenberg, Johannes
Starting Things [H]
Jesus Christ
Moses
Thales of Miletus
prayer
Child’s Prayer [nighttime]
God of To-Day [gratitude]
Hagar’s Song [trust]
Morning Prayer [petition]
A Parents’ Prayer v1922 [nighttime]
A Prayer [gratitude]
A Prayer for Thanksgiving [mercy]
sorrow
“I held a sea shell to my ears” [sea]
special occasions
birth of a child
The Children v1925 [parenting]
The Future [time]
The Heart of a Child [parenting]
The Heart of a Child Is a Scroll [parenting]
Earth Day
The Earth’s Plaint [nature]
The Firefly [evolution]
God’s Manners [God]
Miracle [nature]
Song of the Dove [nature]
Voices of the Dawn [nature]
Flag Day (see Patriotism)
funeral
The Making of Heaven [heaven]
Monuments [legacy]
Roads v1925 [hope]
When the Curtain Falls [mortality]
Independence Day (see Patriotism)
Labor Day (see Duty)
Martin Luther King Day
Team-work [teamwork]
Memorial Day
The Grey Host [war]
The Unknown Soldier [hope]
National Inventors’ Day (Feb 11)
Inventive Genius [H; thought]
Starting Things [H; thought]
National Static Electricity Day (Jan 9)
How It Started [thought]
New Year’s Day
The New Year [hope]
Thanksgiving (see Gratitude)
Valentine’s Day
Cupid’s Lament [H; electricity]
Veterans Day (see also Military)
success
The Day’s Success [positive impact]
The Secret [initiative and perseverance]
Success [joy and love]
Success and Failure [happiness]
talent
The Rulers of the Earth [farm]
teaching
thought
Inventive Genius [H]
The Magic Gateway [books]
Si Gidders [H]
The Silent Drama [theater]
Starting Things [H]
time
The Clock [H]
A Day at a Time [hope]
The Future [children]
values
“Whatever he may wish or plan”
war
The Grey Host [peace]
The New Day [peace]
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