Dixon Merritt

Dixon Merritt (1879 - 1972), full name Dixon Lanier Merritt, was a US poet, humorist, and a newspaper editor for the Tennessean and Nashville's morning paper. He was also President of the American Press Humorists Association.

Wisdom & Quotes

• A wonderful bird is the pelican,

His bill will hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week,
But I'm darned if I know how the helican.
- The Pelican

Wallace Stevens