Edgar Guest: Remembering ‘The People’s Poet’

Guest wrote about 11,000 poems in his lifetime, including his war-time favorite, 'The Time for Deeds'

Edgar Guest’s rhymes went on to be syndicated in newspapers across the U.S. Public domain

“Poetry is not my strong suit, I’m no good at writing verse.

My prose may be no better, but at least I could do worse.”