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Henry Reed Conant
1872–1923
A little-known American poet whose work lingers on nature, faith, and feeling, he published verse while still very young and wrote with a quiet sincerity that suits reflective listening.
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Poems
by Henry Reed Conant
About the author
Born in Janesville, Wisconsin, on February 17, 1872, he spent part of his childhood in Vermont, the home state of his parents, Henry Clay and Dora Evaline Reed Conant. According to the biographical note printed with his early collection Poems, he was educated in public schools and at Morrisville People's Academy before returning west in his teens.
His first published poem reportedly appeared in February 1890, and his 1893 book Poems gathered work written largely in Wisconsin. The collection shows his interest in the solemn and spiritual side of nature and human experience, with poems that turn toward home, memory, hope, and devotion.
Confirmed online sources for him are limited, so much of what is readily documented comes from that early volume and later library records. He is generally identified as Henry Reed Conant (1872–1923), remembered today mainly through surviving editions of Poems and the readers who still discover his verse through digital archives.