Chapter XI: Appendix: 2: Index

Categories are not mutually exclusive. Some poems are followed by bracketed text indicating humor and/or other descriptions.

accountability ancestors attitude behavior character community consolation duty electricity entertainment evolution faith fashion fellowship fortitude God grace gratitude heart heaven home hope legacy life love military mortality nature parenting patriotism people prayer sorrow special occasions success talent teaching thought time values war

accountability
Charge Account [fate]
The Section Foreman [train]

ancestors
The Flag at Sea [patriotism; immigration; ship]
Old-Fashioned Pictures

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

behavior
The Fabulous City [speculation]
Film Judgment [humor; theater]
Knocking [humor; car]
The Modern Pupil [humor; insubordination]
A Psalm of the Movies [humor; theater]
The Umbrella Mender [procrastination]

character
Almost
The Bantams [humor; fauna; confidence]
The Chameleon [fauna; integrity]
The Close-Up [duplicity]
The End of the Trail [service]
The Handicap [adversity]
His Epitaph [compassion]
In Conference [humor; haughtiness]
Iron [potential]
I Want [greed]
Jim [honor]
Prayer for Normal Men
The Tree [corruption, flora]
A Trouble Making World [self]
Two Princes [self; sacrifice]

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

consolation
It Might Be Worse
My Little Fire

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

electricity
The City’s Nerves
Cupid’s Lament [humor]
Electricity [lightning; anthropomorphic]
An Electric Personality [humor; pun]
Enslaved Lightning [humor]
The Harness [humor]
The High Tension Line [anthropomorphic; miracle]
Jove’s Plaint [humor; anthropomorphic]
The Serving Giant

entertainment
After-Images [theater]
The Magic of the Screen [theater]
Picture Books [theater]
The Picture’s Lament [humor; theater; anthropomorphic]
The Shadow World [theater]
The Trouble with the Movies [humor; theater]
The Window of Dreams [theater]

evolution
The Electric Spark [creation]
Evolution [humor; technology]
The Firefly [fauna]
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 [humor]

fellowship
Brotherhood [equality]
Fade-Outs [memory]
The Gifts of the Church
Heart Gates
The Mixture [diversity]

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

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

grace
The Divine Image
Freedom v1928
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 [flora]
Thanksgiving v1927
Thanksgiving v1930

heart
The Age of a Heart
Finding God [nature]
The King [Jesus Christ]
No Room in the Inn
Our Hearts Forget
Sunsets for Sale [humor]

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]
A Day at a Time
The Easter Message [resurrection]
An Easter Vision [resurrection]
Hope
The New Year
The Open Tomb [resurrection]
The Outcome [theater]
Roads v1925
The Unknown Soldier [war]
Via Dolorosa

legacy
Domsie
Life
Monuments [angel]
The Pioneer v1928

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]
Sunshine and Shade
Today and Tomorrow
Why We Are Here

love
Palm Sunday v1925
Transforming Love

military
The Marine
The Recruit [humor; navy]
The Watchdog of the Sea [navy; ship]

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

nature
Blossoms [flora]
The Earth’s Plaint [anthropomorphic; technology]
God and Spring
God’s Manners
Miracle
Song of the Dove [fauna]
Sunsets for Sale [humor]
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 [ancestors; immigration; ship]
My Riches
The Stars and Stripes for Me

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

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

sorrow
The Dream
“I held a sea shell to my ears”
The Red Bird
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]
Christmas
No Room in the Inn [heart]
Earth Day
The Earth’s Plaint [nature]
The Firefly [evolution]
God and Spring [nature]
God’s Manners [nature]
Miracle [nature]
Song of the Dove [nature]
Voices of the Dawn [nature]
Easter (see Hope)
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 [thought]
Starting Things [thought]
National Static Electricity Day (Jan 9)
How It Started [thought]
Naturalization
The Flag at Sea [ancestors; patriotism]
The Mixture [fellowship]
New Year’s Day
The New Year [hope]
Thanksgiving (see Gratitude)
Valentine’s Day
Cupid’s Lament [electricity]
Veterans Day (see also Military)
Jim [character]
The New Day [war]

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 [women; farm]

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

thought
How It Started [discovery]
Inventive Genius [humor]
The Magic Gateway [books]
Minds
Si Gidders [humor]
The Silent Drama [theater]
Starting Things [humor]
What Do You Know? [humor]

time
The Clock [humor]
A Day at a Time [hope]
The Future [children]
The Road to Tomorrow

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

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

APPENDIX 3: UPDATES & REVISIONS WITH 2ND EDITION

Eighteen poems were added to the second edition:

A Call for Substitutes (1922)
It Might Be Worse (1923)
Blossoms (1925)
The Easter Message (1925)
Thanksgiving v1927
The Pioneer v1928
The Recruit (1928)
Sunshine and Shade (1928)
The Red Bird (1929)
The Road to Tomorrow (1929)
God and Spring (1930)
The Handicap (1930)
The Mixture (1930)
Sunsets for Sale (1930)
Thanksgiving v1930
Two Teachers (1930)
Two Youths (1930)
What Do You Know? (1930)

Here are the other changes. The named edition has been moved from the front cover to the interior front matter and to a new list of editions. The index incorporates three changes. First, the categories have been collected at the beginning of the index and linked to their respective locations within the index. Second, Naturalization is a new subcategory under special occasions. Third, some bracketed descriptors have been added and others revised. The appendix of inaccessible poems now includes the poems.