American

Wilbur Underwood

1874–1935


Wilbur Underwood was an American poet born in Washington, D.C., who lived in that city and worked for the State Department. He was a friend of the young Hart Crane.

He published The Burden of the Desert (1896) and A Book of Masks (1907); his poem “The Cattle of His Hand” appeared in Stedman’s An American Anthology (1900).

  1. The Cattle of His Hand

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