Bert Leston Taylor's "Canopus"
Jun 06, 2025•3 min
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Episode description
A little light verse for anyone who wants to rise (far) above the noise for a moment. Happy reading.
Bert Leston Taylor (November 13, 1866 – March 19, 1921) was an American columnist, humorist, poet, and author.
Bert Leston Taylor became a journalist at seventeen, a librettist at twenty-one, and a successfully published author at thirty-five. At the height of his literary career, he was a central literary figure of the early 20th century Chicago renaissance as well as one of the most celebrated columnists in the United States.
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