Michigan's First Poet Laureate
While the official title may never have been bestowed upon him, during his lifetime he was known by that title. Will Carleton was born in Hudson just east of here and attended college in here in town. It is his poem about the old Poor House in town that helped to elevate him to national prominence. One of the most well-known poets of his day, the notoriety of the Farmer Poet has diminished since his death. With rising fame, he would leave the Hills and Dales, for Boston and then New York City, where he is buried. However his rural life in these hills would guide his work
The Puzzle:
NORTH
- THE NEW CHURCH ORGAN - "____-an'-thirty"
- OVER THE HILL TO THE POOR-HOUSE - "a woman of ____ty"
- OUT OF THE OLD HOUSE, NANCY - "What a shell we've lived in, these ____teen or"
- HOW WE KEPT THE DAY - "with voice like ____"
- OVER THE HILL FROM THE POOR-HOUSE - "____ black sheep(s) in my father's fold"
WEST
- THE THREE LOVERS - "As for 'Liakim's wife, in ____ words may be told"
- THREE LINKS OF A LIFE - "With ____ to claim thee as their own"
- THE THREE LOVERS - "He'd a number ____ foot"
- OUR MARCH THROUGH THE PAST - "Three-fourths of eight-ninths of ____-tenths of the second;"
- OUR MARCH THROUGH THE PAST - "Took charge of the ____ city fathers of Rome"
Puzzle Updated Sept 13, 2023: For Previous Solves subtract 0.020 from the North and subtract 0.005 to the West. Container changed from Small to Micro