Clare Harner, poet of immortality

Honoring the life and poetry of Clare Harner Lyon (1909-1977): Kansas poet and California transplant, author of the cherished bereavement poem "Immortality" aka "Do not stand by my grave and weep."

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Friday, February 25, 2022

He May Not Choose

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Here is another poem by Clare Harner collected in "Choir Practice," a monthly column of contemporary poetry selected by Charleston...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Three poems by Clare Harner

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Shown above, page 274 from my personal copy of Important American Poets , ed. Edith Warren (Valiant House, 1938) with three poems by Clare H...
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Facts about Clare Harner Lyon

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This post gives documented facts about the author of "Immortality" aka Do not stand at my grave and weep . All items below have ve...
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Friday, January 29, 2021

Clare Harner in Quest of the Pink Parasol

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In April 1922 Clare Harner, age 12, appeared in her grade-school musical, an "operetta" for children titled The Quest of the Pink ...
Friday, December 25, 2020

Challenger

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  Challenger Where does he go,        The daring one? He follows the road        That leads to the sun.  Is the going rough        The highw...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020

With No Ring

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  With No Ring People pass with averted eyes-- For I'm the sort their creeds despise. No one believes I'd send you away. Everyone th...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

George Elliston, editor of The Gypsy poetry magazine

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"... a reporter who was tough as nails and could spit the same." -- George Elliston as described by Kevin Grace in Cincinnati'...
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