Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Poetic Obituaries: Today he [Ross Coggins] is best-known

among Baptists for his 1956 poem that became a staple of the Baptist hymnal, “Send Me, O Lord, Send Me,” one of hundreds of poems he penned over the years. His 1976 poem “The Development Set,” a satire on the jet-setting lifestyle of aid professionals supposedly in interest of the poor, appears on several websites.

from Associated Baptist Press: 'Send Me, O Lord, Send Me' author Ross Coggins dies

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