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Katydid's Poems

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This is a volume of poems by Kate Slaughter McKinney, poet laureate of the State of Alabama of 1931, who often went by the pen-name Katydid. The poems are cute and amusing, children will enjoy them. - Summary by Carolin (3 hr 8 min)

Chapters

Dedication and Letter

2:01

Read by Kirby Wheatland

To A Katydid

2:47

Read by Kirby Wheatland

A Day Dream

3:52

Read by Nemo

The Old Ravine

2:12

Read by Melissa Perry

Some Day You’ll Wish For Me

2:10

Read by Melissa Perry

To Hallie

1:22

Read by Melissa Perry

I’ve Asked You to Forget Me

0:59

Read by Melissa Perry

Little Blanche

1:04

Read by Melissa Perry

The Little Front Gate

1:04

Read by Melissa Perry

Drifting

1:07

Read by Kirby Wheatland

Looking Back

2:01

Read by Melissa Perry

Scotta

3:13

Read by Nemo

The Lover and Flower

2:53

Read by Melissa Perry

My Cloud

1:50

Read by FraserP

The Decision

2:26

Read by Melissa Perry

Autumn

1:41

Read by Kirby Wheatland

A Sister’s Love

1:00

Read by Melissa Perry

In Memory of Fannie Johnson White

1:27

Read by Melissa Perry

The Heliotrope’s Soliloquy

1:17

Read by Melissa Perry

A Problem

2:22

Read by Larry Wilson

My Palace

5:19

Read by Melissa Perry

Death of Summer

2:19

Read by Melissa Perry

Spring and Summer

1:09

Read by FraserP

Under the Snow

2:22

Read by FraserP

The Prettiest Girl in Town

1:50

Read by PatsyAnn

I Am Musing To-night

2:36

Read by Larry Wilson

A Curl

1:29

Read by PatsyAnn

Somebody’s Face

1:45

Read by Melissa Perry

Good-bye, Maggie

1:44

Read by Melissa Perry

The Hermit’s Farewell

2:44

Read by Larry Wilson

A Window I Love

2:25

Read by Melissa Perry

Thistle Down

1:44

Read by Nemo

Bitter Memories

3:38

Read by Larry Wilson

An Acrostic

0:58

Read by Melissa Perry

My Angel Visitor

2:01

Read by Melissa Perry

Keep a Bright Face, Darling

1:29

Read by Melissa Perry

My Neighbor’s Mill

2:42

Read by Melissa Perry

Dripping Springs

3:59

Read by Eva Davis

In Memoriam

1:35

Read by Melissa Perry

The Old Orchard Trees

2:15

Read by Nemo

On the Hill-top Grow the Daisies

2:52

Read by Melissa Perry

Ella Lee

2:02

Read by Melissa Perry

What is the West Wind Saying

1:55

Read by Melissa Perry

To a Mountain Stream

1:32

Read by Felicity12

Pen Pictures

3:06

Read by Eva Davis

To Mother

1:36

Read by Melissa Perry

The Broken Heart

2:52

Read by Melissa Perry

A Year Ago

3:20

Read by Melissa Perry

A Christmas Peep

1:37

Read by PatsyAnn

Winnie’s Christmas Eve

2:46

Read by PatsyAnn

My Heart’s Little Room

2:14

Read by Melissa Perry

The Three Muses

2:12

Read by Melissa Perry

A Recollection

1:53

Read by Nemo

Don’t Question Him Why

2:22

Read by PatsyAnn

Why?

2:06

Read by Minnie

A Sunset Longing

2:40

Read by Nemo

Journeys

3:28

Read by Nemo

The Lost Poem

5:14

Read by Larry Wilson

A Maple Leaf

2:56

Read by Nemo

A Gallop With Santa Claus

4:04

Read by Melissa Perry

Home Memories

1:43

Read by Melissa Perry

Sunshine and Shadow

3:31

Read by Melissa Perry

Only a Fern Leaf

1:17

Read by Eva Davis

A Dream

4:22

Read by Nemo

Those Soft Airs She Played

2:36

Read by Nemo

To Albert

1:52

Read by Nemo

The Reunion of the Flowers

2:48

Read by Nemo

Children of the Brain

4:17

Read by Melissa Perry

A Lily of the Valley

0:39

Read by PatsyAnn

Lines to the Old Year

2:33

Read by Eva Davis

Why I Smile

1:13

Read by Melissa Perry

My Phantom Ships

4:24

Read by Larry Wilson

The Weight of a Word

3:04

Read by Larry Wilson

An Apology

2:40

Read by Eva Davis

Speak Kindly

2:11

Read by Melissa Perry

Those Willing Hands

2:01

Read by Nemo

Look Into the Past

1:35

Read by Nemo

A Little Face

1:15

Read by Melissa Perry

The Canary and Rose

2:20

Read by Melissa Perry

A Sigh or a Tear

2:12

Read by Eva Davis

Snow-flakes

1:13

Read by PatsyAnn

A Foot-print

1:00

Read by Larry Wilson