The Sentimental Song Book

Julia A. Moore (1847 - 1920)

Julia A. Moore, the "Sweet Singer of Michigan," is today considered one of the true luminaries of bad poetry. Her verse, with its questionable grammar, clumsily contrived rhymes and its unique mixture of rigorous moralism and sentimentality, attracted wide-spread mockery from the press and the public, but also the attention of literary celebrities like Mark Twain. Ogden Nash, the comic poet, claimed that Moore was a major source of inspiration. Today the Flint Public Library in Michigan holds the Julia A. Moore Poetry Festival to celebrate bad poetry. - Summary by Algy Pug

Genre(s): Poetry, Single author

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Larry Wilson
00:00:58
Play 01 The Author's Early Life thestorygirl
00:03:38
Play 02 Centennial Bruce Kachuk
00:02:05
Play 03 John Robinson Michele Fry
00:02:58
Play 04 The Brave Page Boys Alan Mapstone
00:03:13
Play 05 Grand Rapids thestorygirl
00:01:46
Play 06 Temperance Reform Clubs Algy Pug
00:04:30
Play 07 Hiram Helsel Michele Fry
00:01:43
Play 08 Beautiful Twenty-Second Bruce Kachuk
00:02:05
Play 09 William Upson Bruce Kachuk
00:03:16
Play 10 Dear Love, Do You Remember? Cavaet
00:01:43
Play 11 Hurrah for Cooper and Cary Erin Grassie
00:04:52
Play 12 My Infant Days Larry Wilson
00:01:34
Play 13 Roll On Time, Roll On Erin Grassie
00:03:02
Play 14 Minnie's Departure Bruce Kachuk
00:01:48
Play 15 Lois House Algy Pug
00:03:29
Play 16 The Brave Volunteer Alan Mapstone
00:01:46
Play 17 Little Andrew Bruce Kachuk
00:02:08
Play 18 William House and Family Algy Pug
00:03:41
Play 19 The Orphan's Friend Bruce Kachuk
00:01:59
Play 20 The Two Brave Soldiers Alan Mapstone
00:03:03
Play 21 Early Days of Rockford thestorygirl
00:01:40
Play 22 Grand Rapids Cricket Club Alan Mapstone
00:01:53
Play 23 Little Henry Erin Grassie
00:04:41
Play 24 Be Kind to the Little Ones Seagull Gracie
00:01:33
Play 25 Red Ribbon Bruce Kachuk
00:02:18
Play 26 Carrie Monro Janie Greene
00:01:48
Play 27 Little Minnie Janie Greene
00:04:08
Play 28 Centennial Celebration Alan Mapstone
00:03:02
Play 29 Maryette Myers Anita Hibbard
00:02:14
Play 30 The Dear Old Flag Bruce Kachuk
00:02:18
Play 31 Libby Prison James R. Hedrick
00:01:49
Play 32 Hattie House James R. Hedrick
00:03:44
Play 33 Little Susan James R. Hedrick
00:01:34
Play 34 Young Henry James R. Hedrick
00:02:38
Play 35 Ashtabula Disaster James R. Hedrick
00:03:23