[LM_NET] Hit: Poem about Kilimanjaro by Thoreau?

[Sarah Loch <sloch@EBRPSS.K12.LA.US>]

The general consensus seems to be that my teacher is mixed up and such a poem 
probably does not exist, at least not one written by Thoreau. She may have been 
thinking about "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Hemingway, which is not only by a 
completely different author, but is a short story instead of a poem. Thanks again 
to all those who responded.

Original post:

One of my teachers has asked me for help in finding a poem written by Thoreau about 
Mount Kilimanjaro. I have done some searching, but come up empty. If anyone knows 
the poem she's talking about, I'd appreciate some information.

Responses:

Was that Hemingway? 
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I found this page that has all of Thoreau's poems and there is no
Kilimanjaro! Perhaps your teacher has the poet wrong.

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/thoreau/thoreaupoems.html
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The only Kilimanjaro/literature reference I can think of is Hemingway's
short story, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." 

I'd be very surprised to hear that Thoreau wrote anything about
Kilimanjaro, as his focus was Walden Pond (Massachusetts) and its
environs.  He did write two poems, neither of which was critically
successful, titled "The Mountains in the Horizon," and "To the
Mountains," which were about mountains in New England.  I did look in
all my Thoreau references, both online and in print, and I could find no
reference to Kilimanjaro.   Here's a link to what he did write:

http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex/hits?r=d&origSearch=true&o=DocTitle&n=10&l=12&c=1&secondary=false&u=LitIndex&t=KW&s=1&NA=thoreau&OP=full
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say such a poem does not exist. As far as I know, 
Thoreau never went to Africa and the timing is kind of off. The British weren't in 
Kenya until the 1880's-1890's which is after Thoreau's death. Before that the 
Germans were there, but I don't think it was a place that Americans were going. I 
looked up Thoreau quickly and it looks like a trip toQuebec might be his only trip 
out of the U.S.


Sarah Loch
Librarian
Valley Park Alternative School
4510 Bawell Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225-926-9765 x. 229
SLoch@ebrpss.k12.la.us

See what I'm reading here: 
http://www.shelfari.com/o1516824204/shelf#firstBook=0&list=6&sort=dateadded

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