POET

In 1982, through the course of a larger effort to assemble all existing L. Ron Hubbard manuscripts, a collection of some forty poems was discovered. Although the majority date from the 1930s, both earlier and later works suggested poetry had been a continuous pursuit. In fact, a subsequent search through Ron’s papers revealed poems from all phases of his life: youth in Montana, years of far-flung exploration, nationally acclaimed author of popular fiction, and founder of Dianetics and Scientology.

For the most part, his poetry represents unpublished titles. Although he never published verse per se, all ten volumes of his Mission Earth series offer samples of his work, as do his earlier Ole Doc Methuselah tales. L. Ron Hubbard poems further saw periodic publication in various Scientology journals through the 1950s and 1960s.

As one of this century’s most prolific and influential authors of fiction, it comes as no surprise to find Ron has left us a significant collection of verse. After all, as a leading light of popular literature through the 1930s, he was nothing if not versatile.

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