wonderful. thanks for sharing these.
My grandfather was a poet. In 1918 he published a book of poetry called Poems in Oil. As you might think it had a lot of poems about the oil fields. He lived in Oklahoma. But there were also a lot of poems about WWI. We recently moved and I’m looking all over the house for that book. We have several copies. When I find it, I’ll type up some of his war poems. You might consider sending the poems you shared with the WWI museum in Kansas City. My brother Dennis Cross, is a docent. Give them a call.
If I find that book I’ll ping you.
Oh, please, Mercat. I would absolutely love to read his poetry. Drives me crazy when I lose family things. I’m still trying to find the big box of photographs.
Thanks for the suggestion about the WWI museum. I didn’t know about it.
I was a docent for a while for the Oriental Institute in Chicago, and a girlfriend is now docenting for a quilt museum. It’s a really fun thing to do.