Scott's book has Twain's poem after Jose Rizal, "My Last Thought." I think it's the best of his efforts at poetry, and because it's about the U.S. and imperialism--and because it shows that Twain read at least one translation of Rizal's Noli Me Tangere--there's a lot of meat there for a student project, if that's what you are looking for.  Kevin Bochynski  was kind enough to alert me to it through this forum last year, and I'm really grateful.  It deserves more attention than it's been given.  
 
I'm going to be giving a short presentation on it at ALA.  --skh
 
Susan K. Harris
Hall Professor of American Literature & Culture
Department of English
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66042

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From: Mark Twain Forum on behalf of Alan Gribben
Sent: Wed 4/14/2010 9:22
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Poetry by Mark Twain



John,

If you can obtain a copy of Arthur L. Scott's ON THE POETRY OF MARK TWAIN, =
WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS VERSE (Urbana:  U of Illinois P, 1966), this would=
 be a good starting-point for choosing a poem.

Regards,
Alan Gribben


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Greenman
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:47 PM
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Subject: Poem by Mark Twain

Librivox.org, in its desire to commemorate Mark Twain, asks:

Did he write a poem that could be used as a weekly poetry project?


Anyone have a suggestion?

-John