Mabel Posegate

Mabel Posegate (June 8, 1885 - April 28, 1950) was an American poet and first poet laureate of Ohio from 1936 to 1941.

Early life

Mabel Gertrude Bear was born on June 8, 1885, in Cincinnati, Ohio to Oliver Franklin Bear and Gertrude Knighton. She was educated at Walnut Hills High School, graduating in 1903, Nelson Business College, and University of Cincinnati. She married Charles Sargent Posegate on December 5, 1905 and had four children.

Posegate was a past president of the Cincinnati Eastern Hills Literary Society. She was a member of Hyde Park Literary Society, Cincinnati Women's Press Club, Poetry Society of America, Poetry Society of Ohio, Poetry Society of England, the Society of Writers (England and America), Advisory Committee on Women's Participation in the New York World's Fair in 1939, Greater Cincinnati Writer's League, Omega chapter of Phi Beta, the League to Support Poetry, and the National League of American Pen Women.

Publications

Books

Anthologies

Poems

References

  1. 1 2 "Mabel Posegate, poet dies, formerly held laurel crown as literary leader in Ohio". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 29 April 1950. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
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  3. 1 2 "Graduates of Three High Schools". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 3 June 1903. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Neely, Ruth (1939). Women of Ohio A Record of Their Achievements in the History of the State, Volume 2. SJ Clarke Publishing Company. p. 795. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  5. 1 2 Bear Sherlock, Sophia Elizabeth (1929). Lineage of Sophia Elizabeth Kavanaugh-Bear. Comm Print Company. p. 162. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
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  8. ↑ Golden, James (29 November 1947). "Cincinnati Poet's New Volume". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  9. ↑ Braithwaite, W.S. (1927). Anthology of Magazine Verse. W.S. Braithwaite. pp. 285–286. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  10. ↑ Braithwaite, W.S. (1928). Anthology of Magazine Verse. Schulte Publishing Company. pp. 321–322. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  11. ↑ Harrison, Henry (1928). The Grub Street Book of Verse. H. Harrison. p. 77. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  12. ↑ "Newspaper poems reflect events of last year". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 9 March 1940. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  13. ↑ "Express Poet is Honored". The Chickasha Daily Express. 3 December 1940. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  14. ↑ "Daily Times Poets Work Included in Anthology of Best Newspaper Verse". St Cloud Times. 9 December 1941. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  15. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (19 December 1924). "By Mabel Posegate". The Kentucky Post. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  16. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (4 September 1925). "Quiet broods upon the amber air". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  17. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (25 March 1926). "The Companion". The Leaf Chronicle. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  18. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (10 June 1926). "The Artificer". Cambridge City Tribune. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  19. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (17 February 1927). "The Coat of Arms". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  20. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (12 March 1929). "Life and the Dream". The Leaf Chronicle. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  21. 1 2 Galloway, Kyle (1930). The Poetry Review (Vol XXI ed.). London: The Poetry Society. pp. 140, 241, 242. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  22. ↑ Gray, Whitley (1930). Troubadour: A Magazine of Verse. Troubadour Press Publishers. p. 24. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  23. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (8 January 1931). "Tranquil Garden". News Democrat. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  24. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (21 March 1931). "To the One who Fought with Washington". Richmond Daily Register. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  25. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (15 October 1931). "Invocation". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  26. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (7 November 1934). "On Lines from Keats". The Daily Independent.
  27. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (3 May 1935). "No Second Spring". The Greeneville Sun. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  28. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (14 August 1935). "Old Mansions". The Breckenridge News and the Irvington Herald. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  29. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (7 October 1935). "Marigolds". The Daily Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  30. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (27 March 1936). "Inevitable". The Daily Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  31. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (25 July 1936). "Unvanquished". The Register. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  32. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (14 January 1937). "Ohio Holds My Heart". The Cincinnati Post. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  33. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (29 April 1937). "Helen from Hades". The Lexington Herald. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  34. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (15 May 1937). "Found". The Daily Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  35. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (20 May 1937). "Incident in a Paper Shade Factory". The Daily Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  36. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (10 October 1937). "For One who is Long Gone". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  37. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (7 April 1938). "Quest". Glen Innes Examiner. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  38. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (25 June 1938). "Death". The Central New Jersey Home News. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  39. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (8 November 1938). "Courage from the Hills". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  40. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (31 March 1939). "Silence in Spring". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  41. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (13 May 1939). "I Shall Return". Pasadena Star News. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  42. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (21 September 1939). "Babylon". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  43. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (7 October 1939). "Monologue for Autumn". The Free Lance Star. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  44. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (26 October 1939). "These Open Hills". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  45. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (31 July 1940). "Spoken: They Soar". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  46. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (1 August 1940). "Miniature against the Sun". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  47. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (28 August 1940). "For a Diary during August". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  48. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (30 August 1940). "August". The Moncton Transcript. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  49. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (9 October 1940). "When Wild Geese Fly". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  50. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (14 November 1940). "Curse of Being Awake". The Sentinel Democrat. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  51. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (28 December 1940). "Crib in Lytle Park". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  52. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (27 March 1941). "Early Miracle". The Morning Call. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  53. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (18 July 1941). "Glamorous Friend". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  54. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (13 August 1941). "If He must Leave the Heights". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  55. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (11 September 1941). "Garden in September". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  56. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (15 November 1941). "We do not Forget". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  57. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (28 February 1942). "First Winter". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  58. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (20 March 1942). "First Winter". The Falmouth Outlook. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  59. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (19 June 1942). "Serenity still Lies with Thee". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  60. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (5 September 1942). "Never Too Much". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  61. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (31 October 1942). "Halloween Rite". Evening Star. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  62. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (24 December 1942). "The Christmas Star". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  63. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (18 January 1943). "Proud Epitaph: Killed on Active Service". Evening Star. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  64. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (10 May 1943). "To John Keats". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  65. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (22 February 1944). "Across the Years". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  66. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (24 July 1944). "Somewhere the Tree of Life is Blooming". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  67. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (5 December 1944). "To Miss Tessa Kavanaugh". The Tryon Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
  68. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (22 October 1945). "A Grandson is Growing Up". The Shreveport Journal. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
  69. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (5 March 1946). "March". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  70. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (28 March 1946). "Aftermath of Air Missions". Birmingham Post-Herald. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  71. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (3 May 1946). "Spring is a Pair of Bright Red Shoes". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  72. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (30 May 1946). "Boy". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  73. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (22 July 1946). "Blessings in Summer Rain". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  74. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (11 November 1946). "Color of an Autumn Afternoon". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  75. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (3 March 1947). "Robert Herrick". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  76. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (22 March 1947). "Cardinals in March". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  77. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (3 May 1947). "Ritual for May Days". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  78. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (3 March 1947). "Birdcage Dream". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  79. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (29 September 1947). "The Moongate was a Great White Way". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  80. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (4 February 1948). "Birds in Cold". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  81. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (12 April 1948). "Song Off Key". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  82. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (30 August 1948). "I shall Remember You". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  83. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (6 December 1948). "Feel of Autumn". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  84. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (31 January 1949). "Bronze Clock with Lady". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  85. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (22 February 1949). "Washington". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  86. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (11 April 1949). "Thoughts at Easter". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  87. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (21 April 1949). "Turtle". The Morning Press. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  88. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (22 April 1949). "Burning Gold". The Morning Press. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  89. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (26 April 1949). "Beethoven to the Countess of Brunswick". The Morning Press. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  90. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (9 December 1949). "Adam was Happier than We". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  91. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (22 April 1950). "Artiste's Perspective". The Public Ledger. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  92. ↑ Posegate, Mabel (24 April 1950). "Milady ironing handkerchiefs". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2026.