Katydid's Poems
Kate Slaughter McKinney
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This is a volume of poems by Kate Slaughter McKinney, poet laureate of the State of Alabama of 1931, who often went by the pen-name Katydid. The poems are cute and amusing, children will enjoy them. - Summary by Carolin (3 hr 8 min)
Chapters
| Dedication and Letter | 2:01 | Read by Kirby Wheatland |
| To A Katydid | 2:47 | Read by Kirby Wheatland |
| A Day Dream | 3:52 | Read by Nemo |
| The Old Ravine | 2:12 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Some Day You’ll Wish For Me | 2:10 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| To Hallie | 1:22 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| I’ve Asked You to Forget Me | 0:59 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Little Blanche | 1:04 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| The Little Front Gate | 1:04 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Drifting | 1:07 | Read by Kirby Wheatland |
| Looking Back | 2:01 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Scotta | 3:13 | Read by Nemo |
| The Lover and Flower | 2:53 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| My Cloud | 1:50 | Read by FraserP |
| The Decision | 2:26 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Autumn | 1:41 | Read by Kirby Wheatland |
| A Sister’s Love | 1:00 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| In Memory of Fannie Johnson White | 1:27 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| The Heliotrope’s Soliloquy | 1:17 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| A Problem | 2:22 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| My Palace | 5:19 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Death of Summer | 2:19 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Spring and Summer | 1:09 | Read by FraserP |
| Under the Snow | 2:22 | Read by FraserP |
| The Prettiest Girl in Town | 1:50 | Read by PatsyAnn |
| I Am Musing To-night | 2:36 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| A Curl | 1:29 | Read by PatsyAnn |
| Somebody’s Face | 1:45 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Good-bye, Maggie | 1:44 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| The Hermit’s Farewell | 2:44 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| A Window I Love | 2:25 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Thistle Down | 1:44 | Read by Nemo |
| Bitter Memories | 3:38 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| An Acrostic | 0:58 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| My Angel Visitor | 2:01 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Keep a Bright Face, Darling | 1:29 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| My Neighbor’s Mill | 2:42 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Dripping Springs | 3:59 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| In Memoriam | 1:35 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| The Old Orchard Trees | 2:15 | Read by Nemo |
| On the Hill-top Grow the Daisies | 2:52 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Ella Lee | 2:02 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| What is the West Wind Saying | 1:55 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| To a Mountain Stream | 1:32 | Read by Felicity12 |
| Pen Pictures | 3:06 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| To Mother | 1:36 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| The Broken Heart | 2:52 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| A Year Ago | 3:20 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| A Christmas Peep | 1:37 | Read by PatsyAnn |
| Winnie’s Christmas Eve | 2:46 | Read by PatsyAnn |
| My Heart’s Little Room | 2:14 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| The Three Muses | 2:12 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| A Recollection | 1:53 | Read by Nemo |
| Don’t Question Him Why | 2:22 | Read by PatsyAnn |
| Why? | 2:06 | Read by Minnie |
| A Sunset Longing | 2:40 | Read by Nemo |
| Journeys | 3:28 | Read by Nemo |
| The Lost Poem | 5:14 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| A Maple Leaf | 2:56 | Read by Nemo |
| A Gallop With Santa Claus | 4:04 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Home Memories | 1:43 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Sunshine and Shadow | 3:31 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Only a Fern Leaf | 1:17 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| A Dream | 4:22 | Read by Nemo |
| Those Soft Airs She Played | 2:36 | Read by Nemo |
| To Albert | 1:52 | Read by Nemo |
| The Reunion of the Flowers | 2:48 | Read by Nemo |
| Children of the Brain | 4:17 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| A Lily of the Valley | 0:39 | Read by PatsyAnn |
| Lines to the Old Year | 2:33 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Why I Smile | 1:13 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| My Phantom Ships | 4:24 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Weight of a Word | 3:04 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| An Apology | 2:40 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Speak Kindly | 2:11 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| Those Willing Hands | 2:01 | Read by Nemo |
| Look Into the Past | 1:35 | Read by Nemo |
| A Little Face | 1:15 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| The Canary and Rose | 2:20 | Read by Melissa Perry |
| A Sigh or a Tear | 2:12 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Snow-flakes | 1:13 | Read by PatsyAnn |
| A Foot-print | 1:00 | Read by Larry Wilson |