Some of these poems were included in a collection privately published in June of 1992 for family members only. Following that, Dad provided me with some additional notes regarding the circumstances under which they were written, and I have included them at the end of this volume. Since then, my father passed away in January 2004 at the age of 84. He is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in the town where he was born, Corning, Iowa, overlooking a small valley where he hunted and rode on horseback as a young man. As we sorted out the clutter of an old man’s estate, we uncovered more of his poems and prose that deserved to be shared, so that is the story of this collection. I hope you enjoy them.
Excerpt from FUN ON THE FARM
In hotter seasons, we boys found reasons
To go down to the river,
We'd strip off bare, throw back our hair,
And dive in 'til we'd shiver.
There were mud bank slides and log raft rides,
And diving from limbs of trees,
We'd bask on the bank 'til the red sun sank
And we chilled in the evening breeze.
About Warren T. Bloom
Warren T. Bloom was a twentieth century Native American and resident of Iowa for most of his life. As a farm boy playing in the Iowa countryside in the 1920’s, Warren relished being outdoors as much as he did reading and writing poetry. This wholesome farm life with its rural values is revealed through simple poetic details collected in this volume. He didn’t have a complex message to deliver, nor a mission to accomplish while writing these poems; he just enjoyed writing them. “A Harvest of Rhyme” is the definitive collection of his poems.
Some of these poems were included in a collection privately published in June of 1992 for family members only. Following that, Dad provided me with some additional notes regarding the circumstances under which they were written, and I have included them at the end of this volume. Since then, my father passed away in January 2004 at the age of 84. He is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in the town where he was born, Corning, Iowa, overlooking a small valley where he hunted and rode on horseback as a young man. As we sorted out the clutter of an old man’s estate, we uncovered more of his poems and prose that deserved to be shared, so that is the story of this collection. I hope you enjoy them.
Warren T. Bloom was a twentieth century Native American and resident of Iowa for most of his life. As a farm boy playing in the Iowa countryside in the 1920’s, Warren relished being outdoors as much as he did reading and writing poetry. This wholesome farm life with its rural values is revealed through simple poetic details collected in this volume. He didn’t have a complex message to deliver, nor a mission to accomplish while writing these poems; he just enjoyed writing them. “A Harvest of Rhyme” is the definitive collection of his poems.