John Crowe Ransom

John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888, Pulaski, Tennessee – July 3, 1974, Gambier, Ohio) was an American poet, essayist, magazine editor, and professor.

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    “It was a transmogrifying bee
    Came droning down on Chucky’s old bald head
    And sat and put the poison. It scarcely bled,”
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

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    “Now the poor comb stood up straight
    But Chucky did not.”
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

    “And the chieftain’s head, with grinning sockets, and varnished—
    Is it hung on the sky with a hideous epitaphy?
    No, the woman keeps the trophy.”
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)