Poetry of Kansas

Sunflower Siftings
Ed. Blair

Contents
The Mothers of Kansas 13
Decoration Day, 1908 15
Truthful Jim Talks of Kansas 16
Riley Week at Indianapolis 20
Little Boy 22
How Uncle Walt Writes 23
The Cabin Days of Kansas 24
Old Man Cheerful 25
My Marais de Cygnes 28
Baby Understands 29
Mashing 30
To A Friend 33
Aunt Chloe's Carving Set 34
Mrs. Workemrighthard's Regular Handout
to the Country Merchant
35
Crawford's Ghost Story 38
Pa Jes' Snores Away 40
What Killed Bill Williams 43
The Blues 45
My Copper Toed Boots 46
Bill Whittler 47
School Chums 49
Uncle Jake Dreams of 1950 51
Uncle Dave Heflebower's Christmas 54
Billy Been 56
The Cheerful Liar 58
Maude and the Judge 62
Could Not Live on a Hundred a Month 67
Maude Rockfeller 68
The Country Editor 70
The Aftermath 73
Too Far from the Crick 77
The Drummer 78
When Billy and I Go Camping 80
Shut Your Eyes, Dearies 86
The Movin' Wagon Man 87
October's Call 91
When She is Gone 92
Old Joe Gasser--Nailkeg Town 95
Uncle Jake and His Son Bill Buy Fruit on the Train 97
The Foolish Woodpecker 100
The Spring Hill Cemetery 102
Jean Eleanor Wilkerson 104
Doin' Things in Kansas 107
Sing a Song Each Gladsome Day 108
Jes' Because He's Built that Way 109
Bingtown's Preparations for Prince Henry 111
Rockville's Wind Jamming Jake 113
April's Call 117
My Friend 118
At Peace with the World 119
The Santa Fe Trail 120
"Easy Joe" 122
Short Sighted Peter 123
The Biggest Durn Fools on the Crick 124
The Old Country Store 125
A Faded Ambition 127
Sandy Hill's Hopes 128
To Accompany a Wedding Present 132
The Pioneer Store 133
My Heart Grows Young Again 136
Autumn 137
I Love You 138
The Old Hotel 130
Brother Ebenezer Visits Kansas 141
The Home of Yesterday 145
Where Quiet Reigns 147
Bob Dunn's Rest 148
Goin' Some 151
It's Raining Out in Kansas 154
The Planting of the Cottonwood Tree 155
Snaps 157
Cheerful Songs from Cheerful Hearts 158
When My Cork Goes Out of Sight 159
Thanksgiving 161
When It Gets Wet in Kansas 162
The Old Roller Towel 164
Old Joe Gasser 165
Booze is on the Bum 166
The Trickling Tear 168
The Traveling Man's Dream 169
To the Sorosis Club 172
The Lilacs Mother Planted 173
The Pioneers' Anniversary 175
Easy Ike's Ambition 177
Care Free 178
Our Hired Girl 179
Hillside Camp in October 181
Caught in the Every Day Grind 183
When Love Came to My Doorway 184
Make Somebody Happy 185
The Scandal-Monger 186
Rockefeller's Resignation as Trustee 187
Forget It 189
The Implement Dealer's Dream 190
Tabby Gets the Mouse 192
Just As You Say 193
Hooligan's Elephant Ear 195
Nex' Week 197
Tell 'Tory, Mama 199
Mabel Elizabeth 200
Little Billy 201

Sunflower Siftings
Ed Blair
(Boston: The Gorham Press. 1914)  

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