Comments on: “Little Boy Blue” by Eugene Field http://themediansib.com/2008/02/29/little-boy-blue-by-eugene-field/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:56:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: annemarie http://themediansib.com/2008/02/29/little-boy-blue-by-eugene-field/#comment-66272 annemarie Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:35:46 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2008/02/29/little-boy-blue-by-eugene-field/#comment-66272 You may have learned by now that the boy described in Eugene Field's beloved poem Little Boy Blue was his own son, who died when he was a little boy. Field had eight children. Two died when infants, and the other as a boy. My mother loved this poem, and I do as well, although I have 2 little boys of my own now, I find it heartwrenching to read. <strong><em>TMS: No, I didn't know the story behind the poem. Thanks so much for sharing it. That makes it even more sad.</em></strong> You may have learned by now that the boy described in Eugene Field’s beloved poem Little Boy Blue was his own son, who died when he was a little boy. Field had eight children. Two died when infants, and the other as a boy. My mother loved this poem, and I do as well, although I have 2 little boys of my own now, I find it heartwrenching to read.

TMS: No, I didn’t know the story behind the poem. Thanks so much for sharing it. That makes it even more sad.

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