Conscientious Deacon

Conscientious Deacon

by Vachel Lindsay

The Conscientious Deacon is a poem by Vachel Lindsay. It is considered to be a song to be syncopated as you please. According to Wikipedia, Lindsay is considered the father of modern singing poetry (as he referred to it) in which verses are meant to be sung or chanted. His extensive correspondence with the poet Yeats details his intentions to revive the musical qualities in poetry as had been practised by the ancient Greeks.

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Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was an American poet. He is considered a founder of modern singing poetry, as he referred to it, in which verses are meant to be sung or chanted. Lindsay was born in Springfie...

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