Thomas Hornsby Ferril (1896 – 1988) was a poet in the U.S. state of Colorado. A journalist who specialized in corporate public relations, he studied and wrote poetry as an avocation. In his later years of life (1979-1988) he was named poet laureate of Colorado. Colorado Creative Industries has called him “Colorado’s most celebrated poet.” Carl Sandburg called him “The Poet of the Rockies.” (Information from Wikipedia)
Articles in Western American Literature:
The Ecological Vision of Thomas Hornsby Ferril, by Andrew Elkins
The War Poetry of Thomas Hornsby Ferril, by Andrew Elkins
Thomas Hornsby Ferril: A Biographical Sketch, by Robert F. Richards
An Approach to the Western Poetry of Thomas Hornsby Ferril, by Jack Scherting
Western American Literature Research 