Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)
Read about him -- death, poetry, connection to Sara Teasdale -- yesterday. Envy him the walking trips and trading songs/poetry for room and board. Don't envy him re poetry or the bottle of Lysol. * Nicholas Vachel Lindsay ( / ˈ v eɪ tʃ əl ˈ l ɪ n z i / ; November 10, 1879 – December 5, 1931) was an American poet . He is considered the father of modern singing poetry, as he referred to it, in which verses are meant to be sung or chanted. His extensive correspondence with the poet W. B. Yeats details his intentions to revive the musical qualities in poetry as had been practiced by the ancient Greeks. Because of his identity as a performance artist and his use of American Midwest themes, Lindsay became known in the 1910s as the " Prairie Troubador ." For the final twenty years of his life, Lindsay was one of the best-known poets in the US. His reputation was high enough to enable him to befriend, encourage, and mentor other poets, such as Langston Hughes and Sara ...