EDGAR GUEST

American poet Edgar Guest was born on this date in 1881 in England (via Writers'Almanac), but was raised in Michigan. As a teen, be began working at the Detroit Free Press and stayed there until his retirement. He reputedly wrote a poem a day for 30 years. Although his poems are sometimes described as folksy and sentimental, he was chosen as the first--and only Poet Laureate of Michigan. Here are links to some of his verses on-line. It Couldn't Be Done is one of his most famous poems.