The Gravedigger, first published in 1916, was written by Fred Emmerson Brooks, an American poet and writer was born in New York in 1850.“Fred Emerson Brooks is one of the great men in the lyceum world … Phenomenal health, a clean life, and a sunny nature give him a remarkable record. Brooks has a marvelous… Read More The Gravediggers by Frederick Emmerson Brooks – Rostie Publishing
Collection of Holiday poems written by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill.Born in Lanton, Missouri in 1931. The only child of Eulis Kenslow and Minnie (Eldringhoff) Kenslow. She followed the love of her life (Hubert Leo Stogsdill) to Flint, Michigan and after marrying him started a family and put down roots in that community.Gail wrote poetry to honor… Read More Christmas Greetings from Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing
Collection of poems written by Edith Rittenour of Flint Michigan, first published in 1938. Buy it on Amazon
15 poems from a Flint, Michigan author, who lived in Flint during the 1930s and 1940s.Buy it on Amazon
Collection of 16 poems.Rev George Drake Killeen was born on March 8, 1851 in Waterloo, Seneca County, New York.He married Cornelia Rosalie “Nellie” Whaley on November 16, 1875. They had four children: Allen, Charles, Anna and Paul. They lived at 2201 Avenue A, in Flint, Michigan.He served as Pastor at the Oak Park Methodist Episcopal… Read More Gems of Posey: Poetry by Rev. George Drake Killeen – Rostie Publishing
First published in 1899:”JOHN SCROGGIN was a farmer,Whom I met one time in Wayne;He was raw-boned, lean and lanky,And his neighbors thought him cranky;He was said to have a mighty love of gain.With that love he had the prudenceAnd the parsimony, too,In the little things of dealing,Conscience rarely troubled feeling;And often interlarded were his butter… Read More John Scroggin’s First Visit at Chautauqua: A Poem by George F Beasley – Rostie Publishing
Working in Flint, Michigan during the 1920s and 30s as a cigar maker and produce salesman, Tom Howard wrote these wonderful words of wit and wisdom.Buy it on Amazon
The Masses was a socialist magazine published in America from 1911-19147. Its demise was brought on when the federal government brought charges against it for conspiring to obstruct conscription during World War I.To carry on its work, siblings Max and Crystal Eastman founded The Liberator. Max, an American writer, and his sister, Crystal, an American… Read More Poetry from The Liberator Vol 1, No 1, March 1918 – Rostie Publishing
I have been blessed with poets in my life; allow me to introduce you to one, Gaylia Kenslow – Stogsdill, my mother in-law. She was a great woman with a kind and loving heart. Always willing to help out and take care of business.She was born in Lanton, Missouri in 1931. The only child of… Read More Musings: Poems and Life by Gaylia Kenslow – Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing
The poet, Katherine Cary grew up in the coal mine country of north eastern Pennsylvania. The Cary’s were somewhat of a prominent family in the area. Kate seemed drawn to older men and married twice, both over twenty years older than her. Her last husband, Judson Kirby Place seemed to provide her with and adventurous… Read More Poetry By Katherine Cary Place – Rostie Publishing
Ramblings of an Old Coot 