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Edmund Vance Cooke
American poet
Edmund Vance Cooke | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 5, 1866 Port Dover, Canada West |
| Died | December 18, 1932 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Notable work | "How Did You Die?" |
| Spouse | Lilith Castleberry (married 1898) |
| Children | 5 |
Edmund Vance Cooke (June 5, 1866 – December 18, 1932) was a 19th- and 20th-century poet best remembered for his inspirational verse "How Did You Die?"
Cooke was born in Port Dover, Canada West.
In 1898 he married Lilith Castleberry, with whom he had five children. He later read his poems on radio station WWJ in Detroit, Michigan. He died in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]
Cooke’s poetry has been set to music by several composers, including Nellie Bangs Skelton and Kate Vanderpoel.[2]
Books
- A Patch of Pansies (1894)
- Impertinent Poems (1903)
- Rimes to be Read (1897)
- Chronicles of the Little Tot (1905)
- Told to the Little Tot (1906)
- A Morning's Mail (1907)
- Little Songs f