tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302273.post114493740477124624..comments2023-10-08T04:31:20.162-04:00Comments on The Secret Thread: Literature & Spiritual Life: Duke Altum's Poem of the Week #29Duke Altumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17494561267128023739noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302273.post-1145324330791514702006-04-17T21:38:00.000-04:002006-04-17T21:38:00.000-04:00Mutt, I had heard of Dunbar before, but I came acr...Mutt, I had heard of Dunbar before, but I came across this quite by accident, when I was looking for something else... then I realized well, what could be more appropriate for the POTW last week???<BR/><BR/>Dunbar is quite the interesting figure. He wrote prolifically and was widely praised for his work (as my post said), at a time when not many black writers were even recognized as such, let alone praised. With poetry collections titled <I>Lyrics of a Lowly Life, Majors and Minors,</I> and <I>Poems of Cabin and Field,</I> a short story collection called <I>Folks from Dixie</I> and a novel called <I>The Uncalled</I>, you can tell he was an interesting writer, especially when you consider the time in our nation's history.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your continued patronage of the series... it's been great fun to put together and keep going, like a signal fire...Duke Altumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494561267128023739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302273.post-1145284628776503962006-04-17T10:37:00.000-04:002006-04-17T10:37:00.000-04:00Great poem for Easter, Duke. How can you not feel...Great poem for Easter, Duke. How can you not feel the hope of this powerful message? <BR/><BR/>Where did you track this down? Interesting source yet again. This series has had a such a great diversity to it. Superb editing/selections!Mutt Ploughmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886850428991826645noreply@blogger.com