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Katydid's Poems

Name: Katydid's Poems
Author: Kate Slaughter McKinney

Kate Slaughter McKinney

Read by Kirby Wheatland, Nemo, Melissa Perry, FraserP, Larry Wilson, PatsyAnn, Eva Davis (d. 2025), Felicity12 and Minnie · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Dedication and Letter (2:01)
To A Katydid (2:47)
A Day Dream (3:52)
The Old Ravine (2:12)
Some Day You’ll Wish For Me (2:10)
To Hallie (1:22)
I’ve Asked You to Forget Me (0:59)
Little Blanche (1:04)
The Little Front Gate (1:04)
Drifting (1:07)
Looking Back (2:01)
Scotta (3:13)
The Lover and Flower (2:53)
My Cloud (1:50)
The Decision (2:26)
Autumn (1:41)
A Sister’s Love (1:00)
In Memory of Fannie Johnson White (1:27)
The Heliotrope’s Soliloquy (1:17)
A Problem (2:22)
My Palace (5:19)
Death of Summer (2:19)
Spring and Summer (1:09)
Under the Snow (2:22)
The Prettiest Girl in Town (1:50)
I Am Musing To-night (2:36)
A Curl (1:29)
Somebody’s Face (1:45)
Good-bye, Maggie (1:44)
The Hermit’s Farewell (2:44)
A Window I Love (2:25)
Thistle Down (1:44)
Bitter Memories (3:38)
An Acrostic (0:58)
My Angel Visitor (2:01)
Keep a Bright Face, Darling (1:29)
My Neighbor’s Mill (2:42)
Dripping Springs (3:59)
In Memoriam (1:35)
The Old Orchard Trees (2:15)
On the Hill-top Grow the Daisies (2:52)
Ella Lee (2:02)
What is the West Wind Saying (1:55)
To a Mountain Stream (1:32)
Pen Pictures (3:06)
To Mother (1:36)
The Broken Heart (2:52)
A Year Ago (3:20)
A Christmas Peep (1:37)
Winnie’s Christmas Eve (2:46)
My Heart’s Little Room (2:14)
The Three Muses (2:12)
A Recollection (1:53)
Don’t Question Him Why (2:22)
Why? (2:06)
A Sunset Longing (2:40)
Journeys (3:28)
The Lost Poem (5:14)
A Maple Leaf (2:56)
A Gallop With Santa Claus (4:04)
Home Memories (1:43)
Sunshine and Shadow (3:31)
Only a Fern Leaf (1:17)
A Dream (4:22)
Those Soft Airs She Played (2:36)
To Albert (1:52)
The Reunion of the Flowers (2:48)
Children of the Brain (4:17)
A Lily of the Valley (0:39)
Lines to the Old Year (2:33)
Why I Smile (1:13)
My Phantom Ships (4:24)
The Weight of a Word (3:04)
An Apology (2:40)
Speak Kindly (2:11)
Those Willing Hands (2:01)
Look Into the Past (1:35)
A Little Face (1:15)
The Canary and Rose (2:20)
A Sigh or a Tear (2:12)
Snow-flakes (1:13)
A Foot-print (1:00)