Abe Lincoln Poetry

Eckhartz Press co-founder David Stern, the author of “The Balding Handbook”, was a child prodigy. (That’s him on his big sister’s lap in 1964). By the time he was in grade school he was writing award-winning poetry. He wrote a poem about his hero Abraham Lincoln back in 1974–when he was only 11 years old. He won the grand prize, which was to read it on the air on WBEZ Radio.

Sadly, that recording has been lost to time. Luckily for us, Stern later performed his award-winning poem as an adult. On this 150th anniversary of President Lincoln’s assassination, enjoy it in all it’s audio splendor at the Eckhartz Press blog.