"Adam Had 'Em" (1914)

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Gotta post before midnight. I was looking for the Bronx poem when this came up as the shortest. What does Fred have?


LEE SIDE O'L.A.
Lee Shippey. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Aug 5, 1928. p. B4 (1 page):
Up to this moment, nineteen con-tribs have sent us in "the shortest poem," to-wit: "Adam had 'em." The only difference is in the title, some heading it "Cooties," some "fleas," some "Microbes," or what have you? But every last one, except L. M., submits it as an original poem! Sometimes we're almost inclined to fear there's nothing original, but sin.

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Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Jan 28, 1951. p. G6 (2 pages):
The two shortest poems I know are Ogden Nash's "The Bronx? No thonx!" amd the anonymous line concerning the antiquity of lfeas: "Adam had 'em."



   1. A LINE O' TYPE OR TWO
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Dec 15, 1933. p. 16 (1 page):
Adam had 'em, whatever it was: b;ind staggers, pants, freckles, taxes, automobiles, warts. Whatever it was we will never know. And, anyhow, the poem is only intended as a very classy decoration on the very swell cover of
R. H. L.'s NOTEBOOK

   2. A LINE O' TYPE OR TWO; OAKS FROM ACORNS.
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Dec 10, 1943. p. 16 (1 page)

   3. Bookman's Holiday; Sixteen Lines by Thirteen Bards
DELOS AVERY. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Jun 23, 1946. p. B4 (1 page)


   3. Queries and Answers; Queries and Answers
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 16, 1925. p. BR21 (2 pages)
First page:_"Adam Had 'Em"_
L. L.--I should be very glad if some one could help me to find a poem which I suppose is entitled "Adam and the 'Appile' Tree." I heard a lady give it as a reading and I remember this much:

"Talk about troubles
Adam, he had'em,
Adam and the 'appile' tree."

   4. Queries and Answers
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jul 4, 1926. p. BR23 (1 page)

   5. Queries and Answers
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jul 25, 1926. p. BR20 (1 page)


1. Other 1 -- No Title
The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: May 14, 1907. p. 6 (1 page)
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Special to The Washington Post.. The Washington Post. Jun 16, 1910. p. 12 (1 page)
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   3. THREE SHORTEST POEMS.; Two That Beat That Masterpiece "Adam Had 'Em."
Strickland Gillian, in the Indianapolis Star.. The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jun 5, 1914. p. 6 (1 page):
The "briefest possible" referred to was our long lyric entitled "The Antiquity of Microbes." And the poem itself was:
"Adam
Had 'em."