Vachel Lindsay

1879 - 1931

Starting in 1909, Vachel Lindsay tramped the countryside dramatically declaiming his vivid poetry. His poems have inspired composers from Charles Ives and Sidney Homer to Norman Dello Joio and Jake Heggie.

Photo: Vachel Lindsay, 1913, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

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