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Edmund Vance Cooke (June 5, 1866 – December 18, 1932) was a 19th- and 20th-century poet best remembered for his inspirational verse "How Did You Die?"

Edmund Vance Cooke
Born	June 5, 1866 Port Dover, Ontario
Died	December 18, 1932 Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation	Poet
Notable work	"How Did You Die?"
Spouse	Lilith Castleberry (married 1898)
Children	5

Cooke was born in Port Dover, Ontario. In 1898 he married Lilith Castleberry, with whom he had five children. He later read his poems on radio station WWJ in Detroit, Michigan. He died in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]

Cooke’s poetry has been set to music by several composers, including Nellie Bangs Skelton and Kate Vanderppoel.[2]

Books

• A Patch of Pansies (1894)
• Impertinent Poems (1903)
• Rimes to be Read (1897)
• Chronicles of the Little Tot (1905)
• Told to the Little Tot (1906)
• A Morning's Mail (1907)
• Little Songs for Two (1909)
• I Rule the House (1910)
• Basebology (1912)
• The Story Club (1912)
• The Uncommon Commoner (1913)
• Just Then Something Happened (1914)
• Cheerful Children (1923)
• Brass Tacks Ballads (1924)
• Companionable Poems (1924)
• From the Book of Extenuations (1926)

References

External links

• Selected Poetry of Edmund Vance Cooke (1866-1932)
• Edmund Vance Cooke papers

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