The poems of Alexander Lawrence Posey

Posey, Alexander Lawrence 1873-1908 (author.).

Summary: Published posthumously in 1910, 'The Poems of Lawrence Alexander Posey' is both a collection of poetry and short memoir by one of the late nineteenth century's leading Native American voices, Alexander Posey. "He was a poet of the first order, a humorist, a philosopher, a man of affairs. He achieved fame as an English-Indian dialect writer and journalist. He was the leading man of the Creeks and the one great man produced by the Confederacy known as the Five Civilized Tribes." Published posthumously in 1910, The Poems of Lawrence Alexander Posey both a collection of poetry and short memoir by one of the late nineteenth century's leading Native American voices, Alexander Posey. Born near Eufaula, Posey was the eldest of twelve children who were raised within the Creek Nation but incorporated into European culture. Being fluent in the Muscogee language, Posey would be encouraged by his father to learn English, ultimately leading to his love of the written word and his exposure to the Indian Journal where he would go on to submit his poetry. Professionally typeset with a beautifully designed cover, this edition of The Poems of Alexander Lawrence Posey is a classic of Native American literature reimagined for the modern reader.

Record details

ISBN: 9781513201047 (softcover)
Physical Description: print
157 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: [Portland] : Mint Editions, 2023.
Copyright: [©1910]

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The memoir of Alexander Lawrence Posey. I ; II ; III ; IV ; V ; VI ; VII ; VIII ; IX ; X ; XI ; XII ; XIII ; XIV -- The poems of Alexander Lawrence Posey. Songs of the Okatahutchee ; Flowers ; When love is dead ; To a daffodil ; My fancy ; To a robin ; The dew and the bird ; Husse Lotka Enhotulle (The West Wind) ; Bob White ; Brook song ; On piney ; In Tulledega ; To Wahilla Enhotulle (To the South Wind) ; On viewing the skull and bones of a wolf ; Whence ; Spring in Tulwa Thlocco ; On the capture and imprisonment of Crazy Snake, January, 1900 ; Shelter ; To the Indian meadow lark ; Nightfall ; Assured ; Trysting in clover ; To a morning warbler ; To my wife ; The idle breeze ; Come ; My hermitage ; Seashells ; A vision of June ; The homestead of empire ; July ; Gone ; Eventide ; A rhapsody ; To the crow ; The call of the wild ; Eyes of blue and brown ; Twilight ; The rural maid ; The evening star ; The blue jay ; When Molly blows the dinner-horn ; The flowers of Tulledega ; Coyote ; The mocking bird ; On a marble medallion of Dante ; Verses written at the grave of McIntosh ; What I ask of life ; Autumn ; To the century point ; The sunshine of life ; To a snowflake ; Red man's pledge of peace ; To a common flower ; Two clouds ; To a sea shell ; In vain ; Memories (Inscribed to George R. Hall) ; On the hills of dawn ; A vision of rest ; Ensapahutche (Gar Creek) ; At the sirens' call ; Kate and Lou ; Nature's blessing ; To the summer cloud ; Hotgun on the death of Yadeka Harjo ; Lowena ; Drifting apart ; 'Tis sweet ; Earth's lilies and God's ; To Yahola, on his first birthday ; To our baby, laughing ; The deer ; The athlete and the philosopher ; Where the rivers meet ; A reverie ; In the moonlit wood ; Life's mystery ; Mother and baby ; Ingersoll ; What my soul would be ; An outcast ; Sunset ; The haunted valley ; A vision ; Morning ; The open sky ; The poet's song ; Midsummer ; A simile ; June ; A Valentine ; Mount Shasta ; Frail beauty ; To a hummingbird ; Meaningless ; The conquerors ; A glimpse of spring ; Mother's song ; Ode to Sequoyah ; Pohalton Lake ; Happy times for me an' Sal ; Death of a window plant -- Glossary.