Edgar Albert Guest

Edgar Albert ‘Eddie’ Guest was born on 20 August 1881 in Birmingham, England. He immigrated with his family to the United States of America in 1891. From his first published work in the “Detroit Free Press” newspaper until his passing in 1959, he penned some 11,000 poems that were syndicated in 300 newspapers and collected into more than twenty books. Mr. Guest is reputed to have had a new poem published in a newspaper every day for more than thirty years. He became known as ‘The People’s Poet,’ writing poems that were of a sentimental and optimistic nature. Edgar Albert ‘Eddie’ Guest passed on at 77 years of age on 5 August 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.
 
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A Vow By Edgar A. Guest
 
Can’t By Edgar A. Guest
 
Courage By Edgar A. Guest
 
Don’t Quit By Edgar A. Guest
 
Equipment By Edgar A. Guest
 
Gratitude By Edgar A. Guest
 
His Other Chance By Edgar A. Guest
 
It Isn’t Costly By Edgar A. Guest
 
Living By Edgar A. Guest
 
Pluck By Edgar A. Guest
 
See It Through By Edgar A. Guest
 
Tackle The Thing By Edgar A. Guest
 
The Few By Edgar A. Guest
 
The Junk Box By Edgar A. Guest
 
The Things That Haven’t Been Done Before By Edgar A. Guest
 
Things Work Out By Edgar A. Guest