A list of poems by Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), an American writer and poet in early 20th century Texas. His love of poetry came from being read to by his mother at a young age. However, his attempts to make a living by poetry were unsuccessful and he is today most remembered for his short stories and fiction. Nevertheless, Howard wrote hundreds of poems; many were published within his lifetime and the others published after his 1936 suicide.

Key Title Lines Opening line Place of publication Publication date Alternative title(s) Source text Notes References The title of the poem # The text of the first known line in the poem The book or magazine in which the poem was first published The date on which the poem was first published Any alternative titles by which the poem is also known Links to online texts where available Further information about the poem Bibliographic sources An alternative title for the poem The main title of the poem

The lack of information in a column does not necessarily mean that the information does not exist, only that verifiable information is not currently available. For example, the lack of publication information does not necessarily mean that a poem has not been published to date, nor does the lack of a definite note about the public domain indicate that a poem is still under copyright.

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Additional notes

Title/Alternative title: Some poems are known by multiple titles. Alternative titles are shown in the column of the same name. Every effort has been made to list full information at all entries for each title, to save the user time in scrolling. Occasionally, alternative titles appear consecutively, in which case the second entry will follow without additional information, shown in a darker gray on the table. In other cases, some poems were not titled by Howard or the original title has not survived. Some poems have been given tentative titles after Howard's death; this is indicated in the Notes column. Where multiple titles exist, they have been listed alphabetically by their various designations following the word "Untitled." Some pieces of poetry were used by Howard as epigraphs within his stories. listed these poems under the title of the short story rather than the title of the poem itself, so the poems are listed under those titles as well. With epigraphs, the first publication information given in this table is that of the poem's first printing separated from the story.

Lines: The number of lines in the poem.

Source text: Links given in the Source Text column are to copies of the poem in online libraries (where available). For ease of browsing the table, these links are preceded by a small icon. For example, for poems on Wikisource.

References: Bibliographic references are given in the final column of each row. The exception to this is the Notes column; as notes may come from diverse sources, or from a separate part of one of the main sources, each individual note is followed by its own reference.

Poetry Title Lines Opening line Place of publication Publication date Alternative title(s) Source text Notes References Abe Lincoln 34 Your only excuse, Abe Lincoln Shadows of Dreams 1989 Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. May 1932 The second of "Three Sketches" Thom, Herman & Woods, § A Ace High 16 Slim white fingers A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems 2002 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A Across the wastes of No Man's Land ... 28 Across the wastes of No Man's Land, the grey-clad slayers came A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems 2002 Untitled: No Man's Land Tentative title Actor, The 12 I am an actor and have been an actor from birth A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems 2002 Untitled (I am an actor ...") Tentative title Thom, Herman & Woods, § A Adam's loins were mountains 40 Adam's loins were mountains The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 Jun 2007 Untitled: Adam's loins were mountains Wikisource Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 ; PD Adventure (1) 21 Adventure, I have followed your beck Omniumgathum 1976 Untitled ("Adventure, I have followed your beck") Tentative title ; An early work Thom, Herman & Woods, § A Adventure (2) 4 I am the spur The Cross Plainsman 2004 Wikisource Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 ; PD Thom, Herman & Woods, § A Adventurer 4 My feet are set on the outward trails The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval Mar 2007 Wikisource Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 ; PD Thom, Herman & Woods, § A Adventurer, The 44 Dusk on the sea; the fading twilight shifts The Grim Land and Others 1976 Wikisource PD Thom, Herman & Woods, § A Adventurer's Mistress, The (1) 64 The scarlet standards of the sun The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural 1982 Untitled ("The scarlet standards of the sun") a draft version with a different 4th stanza is found in the notes of COLLECTED POETRY