--- title: "3 Strickland Gillilan Quotes - Famous Poet (Sunshine And Awkwardness)" description: "Strickland W. Gillilan (1869–1954) was an American journalist, author, poet, humorist and speaker. He is most famous for the poem The Reading Mother, wh..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-strickland-gillilan-87655.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Strickland Gillilan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-strickland-gillilan-87655.jpg) # Strickland Gillilan (1869–1954) Poet United States **3** quotes in **30** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Strickland Gillilan was a poet from the United States, best known for *Sunshine And Awkwardness*. ## Quick Facts About Strickland Gillilan Born October 9, 1869 Died January 1, 1954 Nationality United States Profession Poet Notable works Sunshine And Awkwardness ## About Strickland Gillilan Strickland W. Gillilan (1869–1954) was an American journalist, author, poet, humorist and speaker. He is most famous for the poem The Reading Mother, which remains a popular poem on Mother's Day. He is also recognized as the author of Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes, said to be the shortest poem ever written. Much of his work is public domain and is often reproduced in greeting cards. ## Quotes by Strickland Gillilan > [“I had a mother who read to me Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea. Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth; "Blackbirds"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strickland-gillilan/i-had-a-mother-who-read-to-me-sagas-of-pirates-who-scoured-the-sea/) [Strickland Gillilan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strickland-gillilan/) [Golden days](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/golden-days/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/strickland-gillilan-65563_mother_i-had-a-mother-who-read-to-me-sagas-of-p_48284.jpg) > [Richer than I you can never be, I had a mother who read to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strickland-gillilan/richer-than-i-you-can-never-be-i-had-a-mother-who-read-to-me/) [Strickland Gillilan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strickland-gillilan/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/strickland-gillilan-65563_books_richer-than-i-you-can-never-be-i-had-a-m_271086.jpg) > [Just stand aside and watch yourself go by; Think of yourself as 'he' instead of 'I'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strickland-gillilan/just-stand-aside-and-watch-yourself-go-by-think-of-yourself-as-he/) [Strickland Gillilan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strickland-gillilan/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/strickland-gillilan-65563_inspirational_just-stand-aside-and-watch-yourself-go-b_1731243.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strickland-gillilan/#itemlist", "name": "Strickland Gillilan Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I had a mother who read to me Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea. 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