Vachel Lindsay
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About
American poet whose works include "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" and "The Eagle That is Forgotten." He is regarded as the father of "singing poetry" -- poetry written to be chanted.
Before Fame
After briefly studying medicine at Hiram College, he attended the Art Institute of Chicago.
Trivia
Both a poet and a musical performance artist, he earned the nickname of "Prairie Troubadour."
Family Life
He married and had two children with Elizabeth Connor, who was twenty years his junior.
Associated With
He was a contemporary of William Butler Yeats.
