Strickland Gillilan

Strickland Gillilan

Strickland Gillilan (1869–1954) was an American poet and humorist. He is most famous for the poem The Reading Mother, which remains a popular poem on Mother's Day. He is also recognized as the author of Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes, said to be the shortest poem ever written.^[1] Much of his work is public domain and is often reproduced in greeting cards.

References

↑ Shapiro, Fred R. (2006). Yale Book of Quotations. Yale University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-300-10798-2.

External links

Works by or about Strickland Gillilan at Internet Archive
Works by Strickland Gillilan at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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[1] Shapiro, Fred R. (2006). Yale Book of Quotations. Yale University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-300-10798-2.