who wrote in both a formal lyric tradition and in dialect," said Jess Owen [of Paul Laurence Dunbar], who flew from London late last year to spend time in Denver's libraries, tracking the poet's time here. "As far as I can tell, he produced three poems for The Post, none of which I've found in any of the Dunbar anthologies. "I'd like for people to rediscover them."
In 2010, the notion of publishing poems in a newspaper seems quaint.
from The Denver Post: A Poet's Denver Days
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