Madison Cawein: Kentucky Poet

Madison Cawein was a man, contrary to his first name that is most commonly associated with females, and was a poet from Louisville. He was born March 23, 1865 and died on December 8, 1914. According to Wikipedia, Cawein's father made patent medicines from herbs and Madison thus became acquainted with and developed a love for local nature as a child. He wrote thirty-six books and 1,500 poems and was known as the "Keats of Kentucky." Cawein's poem, "Mid-Winter" is read in the January edition of The Plough, and his words are quite beautiful.