American Poets: Longfellow Poem by James McIntyre

American Poets: Longfellow

Rating: 2.7


Like fruit that's large and ripe and mellow,
Sweet and luscious is Longfellow,
Melodious songs he oft did pour,
And high was his Excelsior.
He shows us in his psalm of life
The folly of our selfish strife;
With Hiawatha we bewail
His suffering in great Indian tale;
Indian nation was forlorn
Till great spirit planted corn.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Edward Kofi Louis 28 February 2017

His psalm of life! ! Thanks for sharing.

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Indira Renganathan 28 February 2017

A good tribute indeed

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Bernard F. Asuncion 28 February 2017

Psalm of life..... thanks for sharing.....

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Sylvaonyema Uba 28 February 2017

Sweet and luscious is Longfellow. Nice dedication to an icon. Lovely piece of poem. Sylva

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Ramesh T A 28 February 2017

Nice rhythmic poem to read on Longfellow and enjoy the pleasure of poetry long!

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Susan Williams 01 March 2017

I think he liked Longfellow. So do I. Looks like this is all I can write- screen keeps flipping.

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 28 February 2017

Like fruit that's large and ripe and mellow, Sweet and luscious is Longfellow, Melodious songs he oft did pour! A touching tribute to H W Longfellow in rhyming splendour by James Mclntyre.

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Amar Agarwala 28 February 2017

What a glowing tribute to a classical great - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 28 February 2017

A glowing tribute to a great poet by another great poet.

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Tom Allport 28 February 2017

a good tribute poem to a fellow poet who cared? nicely penned!

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James McIntyre

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