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When Day is Done

Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional values of home, family, country and faith. This is a collection of his poems reflecting these themes with warmth and humor. (Summary by Larry Wilson)

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When Day Is Done (Larry Wilson)
The Simple Things (Owlivia)
Life Is What We Make It (mleigh)
What We Need (SampsonSpeaks)
A Boy and His Dad (Hayden Charles)
If I Had Youth (Hayden Charles)
Looking Back (Hayden Charles)
God Made This Day for Me (Jonathan Gary)
The Grate Fire (SampsonSpeaks)
The Homely Man (Kerry Adams)
The Joys We Miss (SampsonSpeaks)
The Fellowship of Books (Krista Zaleski)
When Sorrow Comes (Jarryd Hanson)
Golf Luck (Jarryd Hanson)
Contradictin' Joe (Jarryd Hanson)
The Better Job (Meliora Dockery)
My Religion (Larry Wilson)
What I Call Living (kaylawhy)
If This Were All (kaylawhy)
A Christmas Carol (Larry Wilson)
Forgotten Boyhood (James En)
The Peaks of Valor (kaylawhy)
When the Minister Calls (Stan Hargrove)
The Age of Ink (czandra)
No Use Sighin' (Doreen Marcotte)
No Children! (Doreen Marcotte)
The Loss Is Not So Great (kaylawhy)
Dan McGann Declares Himself (Krista Zaleski)
A Boy and His Stomach (Lee Vogler)
Home and the Office (kaylawhy)
He's Taken Out His Papers (kaylawhy)
Castor Oil (Lee Vogler)
A Father's Wish (Jonathan Gary)
No Better Land Than This (mleigh)
A Boy and His Dog (Krista Zaleski)
Wait Till Your Pa Comes Home (Kerry Adams)
Nothing to Laugh At (Lee Vogler)
No Room for Hate (mleigh)
The Boy and the Flag (mleigh)
Too Big a Price (Kathy Kay)
Always Saying "Don't!" (Lee Vogler)
Boy O' Mine (czandra)
To a Little Girl (Krista Zaleski)
A Feller's Hat (D. L. Brown)
The Good Little Boy (Winnifred Assmann)
Green Apple Time (Doreen Marcotte)
She Mothered Five (Krista Zaleski)
Little Girls Are Best (Krista Zaleski)
The World and Bud (Kathy Kay)
Aw Gee Whiz! (Krista Zaleski)
Practicing Time (Krista Zaleski)
The Christmas Gift for Mother (Krista Zaleski)
Bedtime (Laurel Monroe)
The Willing Horse (James En)
Where Children Play (Rachel Bishop)
How Do You Buy Your Money? (James En)
Mother's Day (Krista Zaleski)
When We Play the Fool (Doreen Marcotte)
What Makes an Artist (Stefan Von Blon)
She Powders Her Nose (Stefan Von Blon)
The Chip on Your Shoulder (Alan Mapstone)
All for the Best (Laurel Monroe)
The Kick Under the Table (Alan Mapstone)
Leader of the Gang (Alan Mapstone)
Ma and the Ouija Board (Kerry Adams)
The Call of the Woods (Rachel Bishop)
Committee Meetings (Molly Murphy)
Pa and the Monthly Bills (Alan Mapstone)
Bob White (czandra)
When Ma Wants Something New (Winnifred Assmann)
Sittin' on the Porch (Krista Zaleski)
With Dog and Gun (Alan Mapstone)
Old Mister Laughter (James En)
A Family Row (Molly Murphy)
The Lucky Man (Kerry Adams)
Lonely (Rachel Bishop)
The Cookie Jar (Krista Zaleski)
Little Wrangles (Doreen Marcotte)
The Wide Outdoors (Molly Murphy)
Where's Mamma? (Krista Zaleski)
Summer Dreams (Krista Zaleski)
I Ain't Dead Yet (Alan Mapstone)
The Cure for Weariness (czandra)
To an Old Friend (Kendra Sanders)
Satisfied With Life (Tina Marie Cruz)
Autumn Evenings (Krista Zaleski)
Memorial Day (Chuck de Sully)
The Happy Man (Kerry Adams)
The Song of the Builder (James En)
Old Years and New (Kendra Sanders)
When We're All Alike (Curtis R.)
The Things You Can't Forget (Winnifred Assmann)
The Making of Friends (Winnifred Assmann)
The Deeds of Anger (Doreen Marcotte)
I'd Rather Be a Failure (Alan Mapstone)
Couldn't Live Without You (Krista Zaleski)
Just a Boy (James En)
What Home's Intended For (Krista Zaleski)
Safe at Home (Rachel Bishop)
When Friends Drop In (BenDowling)
The Book of Memory (Tina Marie Cruz)
Pretending Not to See (Patrick Randall)
The Joys of Home (Curtis R.)
We're Dreamers All (Rachel Bishop)
What Is Success? (Tina Marie Cruz)
The Three Me's (James En)
Brothers All (Curtis R.)
When We Understand the Plan (James En)
The Spoiler (Allegra LittleCole)
A Vanished Joy (Patrick Randall)
Carry On (James En)
Life's Single Standard (James En)
Learn to Smile (Kerry Adams)
The True Man (James En)
Cleaning the Furnace (Chuck de Sully)
Trouble Brings Friends (Larry Wilson)
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