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Anthony Euwer
1877–1955
Known for witty limericks and a lively visual imagination, this American poet and painter brought humor, rhythm, and an illustrator’s eye to everything he wrote. His work ranges from playful verse to more lyrical poetry, giving listeners a feel for both his charm and his craft.
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By Scarlet Torch and Blade
by Anthony Euwer
About the author
Anthony Euwer was an American poet, painter, and illustrator born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1877. Reliable sources describe him as a writer with a strong visual sensibility, and his career moved comfortably between art and literature.
He studied at Princeton University and at the Art Students League in New York, and he later lived in Portland, Oregon, where he worked as an illustrator for the Spectator and the Oregon Journal. The Poetry Foundation notes that he settled in Portland in 1915 and became especially well known for the dry wit of his limericks.
Euwer published books including Christopher Cricket on Cats (1909), The Limeratomy (1917), and By Scarlet Torch and Blade (1923). His verse was admired by readers for its humor, and even Woodrow Wilson was noted as an admirer of his limericks. He died in 1955.