Thomas hornsby ferril biography

A lifelong resident of Denver, poet Thomas Hornsby Ferril was born in 1896 and educated at Colorado College.
Thomas Hornsby Ferril (1896–1988) was a poet in the U.S. state of Colorado.
Thomas Hornsby Ferril was born in 1896 in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from Colorado College in 1918.

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Thomas Hornsby Ferril

American poet

Thomas Hornsby Ferril (1896–1988) was a poet in the U.S. state of Colorado. A journalist who specialized in corporate public relations, he studied and wrote poetry as an avocation. In his later years of life (1979–1988) he was named poet laureate of Colorado.^[1] Colorado Creative Industries has called him "Colorado's most celebrated poet."^[2]Carl Sandburg called him "The Poet of the Rockies".^[3]^[4]

Biography

Born in 1896, Ferril was educated at Colorado College, married journalist Helen Ferril, and made his life in Denver, Colorado. Supporting his household as the director of public relations at the Great Western Sugar Company, he also wrote poetry and essays. His first collection of verses, High Passage (1926), was honored by the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. It was followed by Westering (1934), Trial by Time (1944), New and Selected Poems (1952), Words for Denver: and Other Poems (1966), and Anvil of Roses (1983).^[1]

Ferril wrote extensively for his wife

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Thomas Hornsby Ferril and the American West

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Showcasing the life and writings of Colorado’s Poet Laureate, Thomas Hornsby Ferril. A long-awaited tribute to a writer of great importance, whose words tell of the timelessness of the Western landscape and the transience of all living things. As Carl Sandburg said, he was “terrifically and beautifully American…a poet, wit, historian, man of books and human affairs, and so definitely one of the Great Companions.” Thomas Hornsby Ferril was born in Denver, Where he remained a resident until his death in 1988. An award-winning poet, essayist, columnist, and coeditor with his wife of The Rocky Mountain Herald from 1939-1972, Ferril was appointed poet laureate of Colorado by Governor Richard Lamm in 1979.

His poems and essays have appeared in American Heritage, American Mercury, American Poetry Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Colorado Quarterly, Denver Times, Harper’s, New Republic, The Nation, The New Yorker, New York Herald Tribune Books, The New York Times Magazine, Rocky Mountain N

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Denver, Colo.

Dedicated: 1993

Thomas Hornsby Ferril was born on February 25th, 1896. He lived in the house on Downing Street from the time he was four years old up until his death on October 27th, 1988.

Ferril published six volumes of poetry and his work appeared in numerous anthologies. His poems dealt most often with mountains, rivers, miners, and the prairies of the West. Ferril served as the poet laureate of Colorado from 1979 up until his death. The Ferril house served as a meeting point for many members of the arts and literature scene including Robert Frost, Dorothy Parker, and Carl Sandburg.

Thomas Hornsby Ferril’s house in Denver is listed with the National Register of Historic Places. It is owned by the Colorado Center for the Book. The organization has turned the house into a literary center where they host many community events. The Ferril house was designated a Literary Landmark by the City of Denver in 1993.

Resources:

The House On Downing Street (5280)

Thomas Hornsby Ferril House (Poets&Writers)

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