Vachel Lindsay - Selected Works

Selected Works

• "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight"
• "An Indian Summer Day on the Prairie"
• "A Rhyme About an Electrical Advertising Sign"
• "A Sense of Humor"
• "Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan"
• "The Dandelion"
• "Drying Their Wings"
• "Euclid"
• "Factory Windows are Always Broken"
• "The Flower-Fed Buffaloes"
• "General William Booth Enters Into Heaven" — the American Classical Composer Charles Ives would write music to this poem (with a couple of additional text alterations) shortly after its publication
• "In Praise of Johnny Appleseed"
• "The Kallyope Yell" — see calliope for references
• "The Leaden-Eyed"
• "Love and Law"
• "The North Star Whispers to the Blacksmith's Son"
• "On the Garden Wall"
• "The Prairie Battlements"
• The Golden Book of Springfield
• "Prologue to "Rhymes to be Traded for Bread" "
• "The Congo: A Study of the Negro Race"
• "The Eagle That is Forgotten"
• "The Firemen's Ball"
• "The Rose of Midnight"
• "This Section is a Christmas Tree"
• "To Gloriana"
• "What Semiramis Said"
• "What the Ghost of the Gambler Said"
• "Why I Voted the Socialist Ticket"
• "Written for a Musician"