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Poet: James Whitcomb Riley (James Whitcomb Riley Art)
Poem: When the Frost is on the Punkin
Volume: Complete Works
Year: Published/Written in 1916
Poem of the Day:
Oct 30 2009
Comment 7 of 7, added on February 26th, 2006 at 12:56 AM.
This poem is my first experience of poetry. Raised in Indiana, we had a class on Indiana History at the school. This man has had a profound effect on my life. His music with words have stayed with me and helped me to have an open and questioning insight into the world as I experience it. His apparent simplicity masks a rich and powerful understanding of the nature of life.
Comment 6 of 7, added on February 15th, 2006 at 11:20 PM.
this my favorite poem of james because its silly and funny but it also has a meaning to it some of us may not realize it but this poem may have meaning no matter what kind of personality me or you or others may have so when the frost is on the punkin remember james whitcomb riley for him and not what people write or do or say to find the truth find someone or colide facts from other writers.
trisha from United States
Comment 5 of 7, added on October 29th, 2005 at 7:24 AM.
My mother had no more than a high school education because my grandfather was a coal miner, but she exposed my sisters, brother and I to an amazing variety of life experiences including travel, unusual foods, literature, especially poetry. J.W.R and E.A. Poe became my favorites. I was thrilled one day while browsing in a Goodwill store to come across a signed, used copy of a book that my mother had written. I can still hear her reciting from memory "When the frost" and "Once upon a midnight dreary, every word.
William John Hawthorn from United States
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This poem is my first experience of poetry. Raised in Indiana, we had a class on Indiana History at the school. This man has had a profound effect on my life. His music with words have stayed with me and helped me to have an open and questioning insight into the world as I experience it. His apparent simplicity masks a rich and powerful understanding of the nature of life.