Just Rhymes: A Collection of Poems by E. L. Sawyer

By E. L. Sawyer

E. L. Sawyer never thought of himself as a poet and his writings are "Just Rhymes". After starting life out in Creston, Iowa as a journalist, he switched to his father's profession, railroading, when he realized how little writing paid. An accident took his arm in 1904 and he was compensated enough to start a series of businesses,

• Language: English
• Publisher: Komatik Press
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9780998711393

E. L. Sawyer

My great grandfather, E. L. Sawyer was born in 1874 in Creston, Iowa and lived his engtire life in southern Iowa and northern Missouri. He was a railroad man until he lost an arm in 1904, then a small businessman until the depression. His passion was writing "rhymes" about the world around him. His poems are a window on his long-gone times.

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