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Patriotic and Other Poems
by - Claud Baird, Alva, Oklahoma
First Volume to Public - 1917
Dedication (pg. 2 ) -- Dedicated to his mother for whom he was given his greatest inspiration. This was his first volume to the public that was copyrighted in 1917 by Claud Baird, Alva, Oklahoma. It was printed, published in 1917, and Renfrew's Record Print printed it. There are 30 pages.
Ode To My Mother - pg. 3
To The Pilgrim Bard - pg. 3
I Love My Country More and More - pg. 4 - pg. 5
Liberty's Colors - pg. 6
Answering The Call (Written inMemory of Our Soldier Boys) - pg. 7
The Greater Hell (Sherman's version of war is no longer fitting.) - pg. 8
The Return of the Mayflower (Written June 30, 1917)
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pg. 9 - pg. 10 - pg.
11
America's Gift (Alva, Okla., July 21, 1917) -
pg. 12 - pg.
13 - pg. 14
The Kaiser's Nightmare - pg, 14 - pg. 15
After the War, What Then? - pg. 16
Northwestern Colors (Northwestern Normal School, Alva, Okla.) - pg. 17
Friendship's Blossom - pg. 18
The Real Christmas Spirit (December 22, 1916) - pg. 19
Winter Jingles - pg. 20 - pg. 21
The Lost Home - pg. 21 - pg. 22
Character builders - pg. 22 - pg. 23
My Forest Home - pg. 23 - pg. 24
Why Hold thy Secrets? - pg. 24 - pg. 25
Trading Post, Kansas, and Her Famous Mill -
pg. 25 - pg.
26 - pg. 27
Sunset At The Golden Gate - pg. 27
Ode To Salt Lake City - pg. 27
Don't You Remember? - pg. 28
A Disjointed Wedding - pg. 29 - pg. 30
Shop Talk (With due apology to less talkative barbers) - pg. 30