Comments on: Old Folks’ Greetings

By: lindberg

lindberg — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:01:36 +0000

Mormony, with a touch of Greek mythology in the line about “crossing the river.”

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:38:09 +0000

It certainly comes across as Mormony.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:57:07 +0000

Okay, I've just posted Old Folks' Day as background for this poem.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:33:17 +0000

Relief Society Magazine (all of the poetry for Tuesday and Thursday afternoons comes from Mormon sources, and I either recognize the poets as LDS or have some other good reason to be confident of Mormon authorship).

I did a Tribune column about Old Folks’ Day, started in Utah by C.R. Savage. It doesn’t look like I ever posted that one to Keepa — I will, though, since many readers probably aren’t aware of that wonderful old custom.

By: David Y.

David Y. — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:18:39 +0000

Faced the hostile Indians, where the cactus grows,
Made the desert blossom as the fragrant rose.

Intriguing — it sounds particularly Mormony. Where was this published?