Chapter X: 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
Charge Account
The Section Foreman [train]

ancestors
Old-Fashioned Pictures

attitude
A Perfect Day
Sing a Little Song
The Wealth of Cheer

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
Almost
The Bantams [H; animal]
The Chameleon [animal]
The Close-Up
Domsie
The End of the Trail
Freedom v1928
His Epitaph [compassion]
In Conference [H; haughtiness]
Iron [potential]
I Want [greed]
Jim
Prayer for Normal Men
The Tree [corruption, plant]
A Trouble Making World [self]
Two Princes

community
Along the Road [service]
The Gifts of the Church
Magi and Shepherd [equality]
The Radio Neighborhood [connection]
Team-work [farm, teamwork]

consolation
My Little Fire

duty
Doing It Well
The Engineer [train]
The Lucky Man

electricity
The City’s Nerves
Cupid’s Lament [H]
Electricity
An Electric Personality [H; pun]
Enslaved Lightning [H]
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
Credo
Faith v1928
The Gateway of the Kingdom
The Happy Ending
The Man Who Knows
Sight and Faith
The Things That I Believe

fashion
The Question v1926 [H]

fellowship
Brotherhood
Fade-Outs
Heart Gates

fortitude
Climaxes v1923
The Cross v1927
Have You Tried?
The Rooster [H; animal]
The Second Wind [car]
Walking with God

God
The Creator [omnipresence]
Flowers Are Thoughts of God [plant]
The God of the Beginning [Providence]
God’s Garden
God’s Manners [nature]
Imminence [nature]
The Voices of God [nature]
What Does It Matter? [Providence]

grace
The Divine Image
The Open Soul

gratitude
Childhood on the Farm
Compensation
The Cry of a Human
The Gift of the Farm
God of To-Day
A Grace for Meals
A Prayer
Thankfulness [plant]

heart
The Age of a Heart
Finding God [nature]
The King
No Room in the Inn
Our Hearts Forget

heaven
The Land of Heart’s Desire
The Making of Heaven
My Father’s House
Where Is Heaven?

home
Coming and Going [train]
Home v1921
Home v1925
The Making of Home
The Temple [reverence]
Their First Meal
Wander Lust

hope
Climaxes v1921 [theater]
An Easter Vision
Hope
The New Year
The Open Tomb
The Outcome [theater]
Roads v1925
The Unknown Soldier [war]
Via Dolorosa

legacy
Life
Monuments [angel]

life
The Great Adventure
The Lens [theater]
Light and Shadow [theater]
Patchwork
Pictures
The Railroad [train]
Shadows v1921 [theater]
Shadows on the Wall [theater]
The Station [train]
The Sunbeam and the Shadow [theater]
Today and Tomorrow
Why We Are Here [purpose]

love
Palm Sunday v1925
Transforming Love

military
The Marine
The Watchdog of the Sea [navy]

mortality
When the Curtain Falls [theater]
The World’s Drama [theater]

nature
The Earth’s Plaint [technology]
Miracle
Song of the Dove [animal]
Voices of the Dawn

parenting
The Children v1921
The Children v1925
The Heart of a Child
The Heart of a Child Is a Scroll
His Great Hour
A Parents’ Prayer v1922
The Problem

patriotism
The Flag at Sea
My Riches
The Stars and Stripes for Me

people
Gutenberg, Johannes
Starting Things [H]
Jesus Christ
An Easter Vision
If Christ Is Not Divine
The King
Magi and Shepherd
No Room in the Inn
The Open Tomb
The Outcome
Palm Sunday v1925
Two Princes
Via Dolorosa
Moses
“I am not eloquent”
Thales of Miletus
How It Started

prayer
Child’s Prayer [nighttime]
Credo
God of To-Day [gratitude]
A Grace for Meals
Hagar’s Song [trust]
Morning Prayer [petition]
A Parents’ Prayer v1922 [nighttime]
A Prayer [gratitude]
Prayer for Normal Men
A Prayer for Thanksgiving [mercy]
The Problem
Sanctuary

sorrow
The Dream
“I held a sea shell to my ears” [sea]
Sorrow

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]
Sorrow
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]
Memorial Day v1929
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)
Jim
The New Day

success
The Day’s Success [positive impact]
The Secret [initiative and perseverance]
Success [joy and love]
Success and Failure [happiness]

talent
“I am not eloquent”
The Rulers of the Earth [farm]

teaching
The Builder v1924
The Builders
The Pupil
The Teacher v1921
The Teacher v1922
The Teacher v1923
The Teacher’s Reward

thought
How It Started
Inventive Genius [H]
The Magic Gateway [books]
Minds
Si Gidders [H]
The Silent Drama [theater]
Starting Things [H]

time
The Clock [H]
A Day at a Time [hope]
The Future [children]

values
A Creed
Let Us Be Right
The Measure of Life
Requisition
True Values
“Whatever he may wish or plan”

war
Battle Hymn
The Grey Host [peace]
The New Day [peace]
A Price Unpaid