in Portland. She has been able to give only her spare time to writing. Her poetry has been published in several magazines, including the American Mercury, the Nation and Literary Digest. She was poetry editor of the Outlander, a Portland literary magazine, during the time it was issued by a group of Oregon writers.
The Fisherman's Wife
When I heard his step at the door;
Never, never was I as happy
In all my life before.
Out in the cold and the rain—”
(Never the smell of wet clothes
Shall find me as happy again.)
I’m hungry as a bear!”
How I hurried to make the coffee,
(Little he knows how much I care!)
Soaked to the skin—We’ll get you dry!”
(Down in the sea, down in the ocean
Many stiff and staring lie.)
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QUEENE B. LISTER
Mrs. Queene B. Lister was born in Chicago and lived from the age of two until the age of 20 at Springfield, Illinois, spending frequent winters in the Ozark Mountains, where a stepfather held mining interests. She received her education at Springfield High School, Eureka College and the University of Nebraska. After her marriage in 1914, she spent one year in California, another near Yakima and a third on the Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado. Her husband died in 1924, leaving her a widow with one son. For a while she was an antique dealer in Portland and later was an instructor in interior decoration, but has given most of her time to writing stories and verse, which have been published in about 25 magazines and newspapers. She has lived in and near Portland since 1915.
