Jessie Wilmore Murton
By JESSIE WILMORE MURTON, Poet, Battle Creek, Michigan
Articles by Jessie Wilmore Murton
Poetry for Publication—No. 2
March 1942
O poems "just come"? There are some, even among those who write verse, who think that they do. Others, who themselves do not write, think that the poet has only to turn a handle somewhere and grind out the necessary rhymes.…
Poetry for Publication—No. 3
April 1942
A single letter is the first unit of any writing, next the syllable, and then the complete word. In poetry, after the word comes the line, and after the line, the stanza. A stanza may be two or more lines of any…
Preparing Poetry for Publication--No. 1
February 1942
Mrs. Murton, a frequent contributor to the columns of the Ministry, is a member of the National League of American Pen Women, and a member of the Poetry Society of America, and was the first poet laureate…