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John Milton Hayes
1884 - 1940
Poetry Listing
Please Note: This list is not comprehensive, but is an ongoing work of the love of poetry.
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| | Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads | | 1: | Merchandise | Merchandise! Merchandise! Tortoiseshell, spices, | 1920 | 50 | 1122 | | 2: | My Old Football | You can keep your antique silver and your statuettes of bronze, | 1920 | 80 | 1140 | | 3: | Orange Peel | The colonel stopped, and glared around, | 1920 | 32 | 1127 | | 4: | The Dream Ring of the Desert | The merchant Abu Khan shunned the customs of his race, | 1912 | 56 | 973 | | 5: | The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God | There’s a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu, | 1911 | 44 | 1062 | | 6: | The Whitest Man I Know | He’s acruisin’ in a pearler with a dirty nigger crew, | 1914 | 65 | 961 | | 7: | You Know What I Mean | I’ve noticed this happen, when everything is black, | 1923 | 37 | 1141 |
About:
John Milton Hayes is better known as J. Milton Hayes, he was an English actor and poet, best known for his 1911 dramatic monologue The Green Eye of the Yellow God
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