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Donald Benson Blanding (November 7, 1894–June 9, 1957) was an American poet who sentimentalized warm climates and was sometimes described as "poet laureate of Hawaii". Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 A Poet Laureate is a Poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the He was also known as a journalist, author of prose, illustrator, and speaker.

Blanding was born on November 7, 1894, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma (in the period as a territory prior to that state's creation). Kingfisher is a city in and the County seat of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. He trained between 1913 and 1915 at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premier Fine art museums

He enlisted (for a year, or the duration of World War I plus up to six months) in the Canadian Army's predominantly 97th ("American Legion") Battalion, training with them for trench warfare for eight months in 1916, but leaving service under unknown circumstances a few days before the unit shipped out for Europe. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Land Force Command ( LFC) is responsible for army operations within the Canadian Forces. Trench warfare is a form of warfare where both combatants have fortified positions and fighting lines are static (He omitted reference to that service and training a year later in joining the U. S. military. )

Blanding soon became suddenly fascinated by Hawaii and traveled there, staying for the year until his enlistment in the U.S. Army in December, 1917. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Entering as an infantry private, he underwent officer training and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant before being discharged in December, 1918, soon after the Armistice. The Infantry is the oldest and most numerous of the Combat Arms in the Armed forces, and consists The armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on November 11, 1918

He pursued further art studies in 1920, in Paris and London, traveled in Central America and the Yucatan, and resumed living in Honolulu in 1921. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Finding work as an artist in an advertising agency, he happened into two years of writing poems published daily in the Honolulu Star Bulletin for an advertiser. An advertising agency or ad agency is a service Business dedicated to creating planning and handling Advertising (and sometimes other forms of promotion The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, based in Honolulu, Hawai{{okina}}i, is the second largest daily newspaper in the state of Hawai{{okina}}i (the largest These featured local people and events, and became well-known and popular -- whether because of or in spite of always mentioning the Aji-No-Moto brand of MSG. ( is a Japanese company that produces food Seasonings Cooking oils, foods and Pharmaceuticals. Monosodium glutamate, also known as sodium glutamate and MSG, is a Sodium salt of the non-essential Amino acid Glutamic acid

The popularity of these ad-poems led Blanding to follow the advice of newspaper colleagues by publishing a collection of his poetry in 1923. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. When his privately published 2000 copies quickly sold out, he followed it with a commercially published edition the same year, and with additional verse and prose books. For his fifth book in 1928, he no longer used a local or West Coast publisher, but the New York publisher Dodd, Mead & Company. The " West Coast " " Western Seaboard " or " Pacific Seaboard " are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the Western United States The City of New York Dodd Mead and Company was a publishing company in New York City. The result, Vagabond's House, was reviewed promptly by the New York Times, and was a great commercial success. By 1948 it went through nearly fifty printings in several editions that together sold over 150,000 copies.

In 1927 he suggested and founded the annual holiday, Lei Day, in Hawaii.

While he remained strongly attached to Hawaii, his connections to the world of celebrities drew him often to the mainland, and his income made hotel life and multiple residences feasible. The term continental United States refers to the 48 contiguous states located on the North American continent south of the border with Canada plus the District During his high-school years in Lawton, Oklahoma, he is said to have saved the life of a 7- or 8-year-old neighbor, Lucille "Billie" Cassin, by picking her up and telephoning for a doctor, when she had jumped off her porch and deeply cut her foot on a broken milk bottle. Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes Lawton is a city in and the County seat of Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. A porch is a structure attached to a building forming a covered entrance to a vestibule or doorway In Archaeology, a sherd is commonly a historic or prehistoric fragment of Pottery, although the term is occasionally used to refer to fragments Cassin eventually took the stage name of Joan Crawford, and their reacquaintance in 1936 on the set of "The Gorgeous Hussy", which starred her, suggests the level of his own celebrity. A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture The Gorgeous Hussy is a 1936 Motion picture directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor.

Blanding married Dorothy Binney Putnam (described as a "socialite") on 13 June 1940, and they lived in Fort Pierce,Florida. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fort Pierce is a city in St Lucie County, Florida, USA. It is also known as the Sunrise City sister to San Francisco California, the Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the They divorced in June 1947, and he had no descendants.

Blanding was strongly affected by U. S. entry into World War II, including the knowledge of his island paradise as a military target, the reactions of those he met on his lecture tours, and the fall of Bataan. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, as it was called by the Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise Military strike conducted by The Bataan Death March (also known as The Death March of Bataan) took place in the Philippines in 1942 and was later accounted as a Japanese war Bataan surrendered April 9, 1942, while he was on tour, and he wrote "Bataan Falls", 16 emotional lines in response. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On the 25th, he enlisted as a private, at the age of 47. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. He served eleven months in the 1208th Service Corps Unit, Infantry, and was discharged as a corporal.

He died of a heart attack, at home in Los Angeles on June 9, 1957, at the age of 62. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar)

"Vagabond's House"

He published his long poem "Vagabond's House" several times. (It was in the first, private, printing of Leaves from a Grass-House in 1923; the commercially published edition of the same book, later that year, included it with the title changed to "Aloha House". In 1928 he restored the original "Vagabond's House" title, making it the title poem of another collection. ) Its detailed fantasy begins

When I have a house -- as I sometime may --
I'll suit my fancy in every way. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting

then describes a home filled with the mostly exotic mementos its poet collected in years of wandering the world's seaports -- or at least might have collected if his travels had not interfered -- and closes by admitting

It's just a dream house anyway. See also First person First-person narrative is a Narrative mode in which a Story is narrated by one character, who explicitly ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo

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NAME Blanding, Don
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingfisher, Oklahoma
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1957
PLACE OF DEATH Los Angeles, California
Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kingfisher is a city in and the County seat of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
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