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Vesta Pierce Crawford

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Vesta Pierce Crawford, of Salt Lake City, was reared in Gunnison, Utah. Mrs. Crawford was a schoolteacher, associate editor of the Relief Society Magazine for twenty-five years, and a free-lance writer. She has published poems in many anthologies, and she won first prize for her book Short Grass Woman, published in 1965 by the Utah State Poetry Society. She has published in many magazines, including LDS Church Publications, the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Times, Washington Post, Denver Post, and the Salt Lake Tribune. She has been twice president of the Utah State Poetry Society and has served as an officer and judge in many other poetry societies and contests. She has published more than six hundred poems, short stories, and articles, some of which have won awards in the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts competition.
Vesta P. Crawford, Vesta Pierce Crawford
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
1899
1983
Female
Author, Poet, Teacher, Writer
English
Utah Poet of the Year (1965) for her book, Short Grass Woman.

49 Works by Vesta Pierce Crawford

Title Role Year Genre
The Fable of the Rose Author Poetry
Beyond Judaea's Boundaries Author 1966 Poetry
A Covenant on Stem and Stone Author 1960 Poetry
From A Far Country Author 1960 Poetry
Drought Author 1935 Poetry
Blossomed Tree Author 1937 Poetry
Memorial on the Plains Author 1938 Poetry
Spacious Century, 1842-1942 Author 1942 Poetry
Where Jesus Walked Author 1937 Poetry
Handcart Trail Author 1929 Poetry
Harvest Author 1929 Poetry
Raked-Up Leaves Author 1929 Poetry
Memory Author 1929 Poetry
Tears Author 1931 Poetry
Green Chair Author 1931 Fiction
Birthday Author 1932 Poetry
Mantled Tree Author 1932 Poetry
Shadows Author 1934 Poetry
The Living Flame Author 1934 Short Story
Miracle on a March Day Author 1935 Short Story
Dry Farmer's Wife Author 1935 Poetry
The Mother of Nancy Author 1936 Short Story
Goodbye to a Missionary Author 1936 Poetry
Window Garden Author 1937 Poetry
For Women Who Love to Sew Author 1937 Poetry
Sego Lily Author 1937 Poetry
Winter Garden Author 1938 Poetry
Testament of Motherhood Author 1938 Short Story
For Father on His Day Author 1938 Poetry
There Will Be Summer Author 1938 Poetry
River Song Author 1939 Poetry
For Young Mothers Author 1939 Poetry
The Ancient Beautiful Things Author 1939 Fiction
September Author 1939 Poetry
Portrait of Winter Author 1939 Poetry
Remembering Lincoln Author 1941 Poetry
Willow Shade Author 1941 Poetry
Transition Author 1941 Poetry
Give Us This Day Author 1942 Poetry
Reaping of a Century Author 1942 Poetry
Birthday Author 1942 Poetry
The Least of the Flock Author 1944 Short Story
Declare the Glory Author 1944 Poetry
For Recompense Author 1945 Poetry
The Bureau Author 1945 Short Story
Remember This Author 1945 Poetry
First to See the Risen Lord Author 1955 Poetry
Pattern of Wings Author 1958 Poetry
Dividers of the Stars Author 1959 Poetry
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