Hughes Mearns

American poet and educator best known for the humorous and children's poem "Antigonish" (also known as "The Little Man Who Wasn't There").

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  1. 1. "Antigonish" Or "The Man Who Wasn’t There"

    A short, haunting lyric in which the speaker recounts repeatedly encountering—and never quite being able to find—a man who seems to exist only as an absence; through simple, rhythmic language and a playful, childlike voice the piece probes the uncanny tension between imagination and reality, exploring how a persistent, unseen presence can both amuse and unsettle while asking what it means to perceive something that may not be there.