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When Day is Done

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Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional values of home, family, country and faith. This is a collection of his poems reflecting these themes with warmth and humor. (Summary by Larry Wilson) (3 hr 17 min)

Chapters

When Day Is Done

1:46

Read by Larry Wilson

The Simple Things

1:28

Read by Owlivia

Life Is What We Make It

1:15

Read by mleigh

What We Need

1:46

Read by SampsonSpeaks

A Boy and His Dad

1:48

Read by Hayden Charles

If I Had Youth

2:04

Read by Hayden Charles

Looking Back

1:52

Read by Hayden Charles

God Made This Day for Me

1:59

Read by Jonathan Gary

The Grate Fire

1:44

Read by SampsonSpeaks

The Homely Man

1:51

Read by Kerry Adams

The Joys We Miss

1:35

Read by SampsonSpeaks

The Fellowship of Books

1:14

Read by Krista Zaleski

When Sorrow Comes

1:26

Read by Jarryd Hanson

Golf Luck

1:38

Read by Jarryd Hanson

Contradictin' Joe

0:59

Read by Jarryd Hanson

The Better Job

1:25

Read by Meliora Dockery

My Religion

1:57

Read by Larry Wilson

What I Call Living

1:28

Read by kaylawhy

If This Were All

1:33

Read by kaylawhy

A Christmas Carol

1:14

Read by Larry Wilson

Forgotten Boyhood

2:04

Read by James En

The Peaks of Valor

1:29

Read by kaylawhy

When the Minister Calls

1:42

Read by Stan Hargrove

The Age of Ink

2:09

Read by czandra

No Use Sighin'

1:19

Read by Doreen Marcotte

No Children!

1:54

Read by Doreen Marcotte

The Loss Is Not So Great

1:23

Read by kaylawhy

Dan McGann Declares Himself

1:42

Read by Krista Zaleski

A Boy and His Stomach

1:17

Read by Lee Vogler

Home and the Office

1:23

Read by kaylawhy

He's Taken Out His Papers

1:18

Read by kaylawhy

Castor Oil

1:44

Read by Lee Vogler

A Father's Wish

2:05

Read by Jonathan Gary

No Better Land Than This

1:38

Read by mleigh

A Boy and His Dog

1:19

Read by Krista Zaleski

Wait Till Your Pa Comes Home

2:01

Read by Kerry Adams

Nothing to Laugh At

2:10

Read by Lee Vogler

No Room for Hate

1:52

Read by mleigh

The Boy and the Flag

1:52

Read by mleigh

Too Big a Price

2:12

Read by Kathy Kay

Always Saying "Don't!"

1:33

Read by Lee Vogler

Boy O' Mine

1:46

Read by czandra

To a Little Girl

1:50

Read by Krista Zaleski

A Feller's Hat

1:14

Read by D. L. Brown

The Good Little Boy

1:26

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Green Apple Time

1:50

Read by Doreen Marcotte

She Mothered Five

2:05

Read by Krista Zaleski

Little Girls Are Best

1:32

Read by Krista Zaleski

The World and Bud

1:31

Read by Kathy Kay

Aw Gee Whiz!

1:13

Read by Krista Zaleski

Practicing Time

2:04

Read by Krista Zaleski

The Christmas Gift for Mother

1:35

Read by Krista Zaleski

Bedtime

1:53

Read by Laurel Monroe

The Willing Horse

2:20

Read by James En

Where Children Play

1:15

Read by Rachel Bishop

How Do You Buy Your Money?

1:36

Read by James En

Mother's Day

1:29

Read by Krista Zaleski

When We Play the Fool

1:46

Read by Doreen Marcotte

What Makes an Artist

2:40

Read by Stefan Von Blon

She Powders Her Nose

2:21

Read by Stefan Von Blon

The Chip on Your Shoulder

1:54

Read by Alan Mapstone

All for the Best

2:12

Read by Laurel Monroe

The Kick Under the Table

1:53

Read by Alan Mapstone

Leader of the Gang

2:00

Read by Alan Mapstone

Ma and the Ouija Board

2:40

Read by Kerry Adams

The Call of the Woods

1:08

Read by Rachel Bishop

Committee Meetings

1:38

Read by Molly Murphy

Pa and the Monthly Bills

2:08

Read by Alan Mapstone

Bob White

1:28

Read by czandra

When Ma Wants Something New

1:58

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Sittin' on the Porch

1:23

Read by Krista Zaleski

With Dog and Gun

2:21

Read by Alan Mapstone

Old Mister Laughter

1:11

Read by James En

A Family Row

1:32

Read by Molly Murphy

The Lucky Man

1:32

Read by Kerry Adams

Lonely

0:55

Read by Rachel Bishop

The Cookie Jar

1:35

Read by Krista Zaleski

Little Wrangles

1:50

Read by Doreen Marcotte

The Wide Outdoors

1:27

Read by Molly Murphy

Where's Mamma?

1:17

Read by Krista Zaleski

Summer Dreams

1:59

Read by Krista Zaleski

I Ain't Dead Yet

2:02

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Cure for Weariness

1:55

Read by czandra

To an Old Friend

1:25

Read by Kendra Sanders

Satisfied With Life

1:10

Read by Tina Marie Cruz

Autumn Evenings

1:28

Read by Krista Zaleski

Memorial Day

1:36

Read by Chuck de Sully

The Happy Man

1:37

Read by Kerry Adams

The Song of the Builder

1:32

Read by James En

Old Years and New

1:30

Read by Kendra Sanders

When We're All Alike

2:04

Read by Curtis R.

The Things You Can't Forget

2:06

Read by Winnifred Assmann

The Making of Friends

1:51

Read by Winnifred Assmann

The Deeds of Anger

1:59

Read by Doreen Marcotte

I'd Rather Be a Failure

1:52

Read by Alan Mapstone

Couldn't Live Without You

1:26

Read by Krista Zaleski

Just a Boy

1:39

Read by James En

What Home's Intended For

1:27

Read by Krista Zaleski

Safe at Home

0:58

Read by Rachel Bishop

When Friends Drop In

2:18

Read by BenDowling

The Book of Memory

1:36

Read by Tina Marie Cruz

Pretending Not to See

2:06

Read by Patrick Randall

The Joys of Home

2:05

Read by Curtis R.

We're Dreamers All

1:17

Read by Rachel Bishop

What Is Success?

1:14

Read by Tina Marie Cruz

The Three Me's

1:56

Read by James En

Brothers All

2:15

Read by Curtis R.

When We Understand the Plan

1:39

Read by James En

The Spoiler

1:15

Read by Allegra LittleCole

A Vanished Joy

2:38

Read by Patrick Randall

Carry On

1:22

Read by James En

Life's Single Standard

1:38

Read by James En

Learn to Smile

1:42

Read by Kerry Adams

The True Man

1:34

Read by James En

Cleaning the Furnace

1:54

Read by Chuck de Sully

Trouble Brings Friends

1:24

Read by Larry Wilson