James Whitcomb Riley Comments

I'm looking for a copy of a Riley poem entitled 'Charm to Remove Freckles.' It is very short and written in Scotish dialect. I memorized it as a youth and now would like to verify that I still remember it correctly. Thanks for any help.

when the weather is hot and sultry, that's no time to commit adultery. when the frost is on the pumpkin, that's the time for peter dunking'.

when the frost is on the pumpkin, that's the time for peter dunking'.

Does anyone know of a poem by James Whitcom Riley about a boy who uses his father's seat in the family outhouse, which proves to be too large for him?

did you know that ROBERT FROST made LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE because I think that you work with him. So I just want to ask are you working with him. just text back as soon as you can. Oh and I am 8 years old in the 3 grade

I love little orphan annie poet you wrote so I just want to say I love your interest in this poem

I am looking for the date of writing/publishing for each poem and could not find it on the site. Am I overlooking something obvious?

Date of birth listed above is wrong. It's October 7th not the 9th.

I read your poems and it was good.

James I read your 'poem of the day' and I think it is brilliant! your sense of rythmn & rhyme is beautiful and your poetic license with spelling and alliteration is superb. It makes wish I could have been the fly on the wall in a meeting between you and the late Ogden Nash- Keep it up Cheers Tony Judson

James Whitcomb Riley is by far one of my favorite poets of all time. I love his imagery, his imagination, his rhyme and rhythm. And most of all I love his sense of 'simple' and his connection to the nature in all of us. He cleverly plays with that which is real, unlike Lewis Carroll who cleverly plays with that which is not.