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Lutie Fosgrave's Inspiration for Rhyming

Published October 22, 2026 at 7:08 AM

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Young Woman's Journal Research

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Lutie Fosgrave, a young woman struggling with her domestic life, wrote a poem in a fit of emotion and submitted it anonymously to the local newspaper under the initials T.G. When her sister read the published poem aloud, Lutie felt a sudden, strange conviction of authorship, realizing the poem described events in their own home. She eventually confessed to her family that she was the author, proving it with her original notebook drafts. Later, during a family home evening of singing and prayer, Lutie was deeply moved by her father's expression of gratitude for her mother's recovery, finding a new spiritual depth in their home life.

In Their Own Words

“As if in a trance Lutie found herself inside the living room. She felt as if she were carved of stone. She heard the laughter as if it came from a great distance. Her heart pounded so hard she could scarcely breathe. Effie caught sight of her... Lutie found her voice, though it sounded hollow and far away. She was amazed at her own temerity. 'I—I wrote it!' her voice said. — The Young Woman's Journal 32:7”

Sources & References

The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 32 no. 7 (July 1921). L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University digital collections. https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/YWJ/id/20069 (account extracted verbatim from the collection's page-level OCR; research confidence: high)

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