Muriel Strode

Muriel Strode (1875–1964) was an American poet and writer whose work appeared in the early 20th century. She published poetry and reflective prose, including *Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers* and *My Little Book of Prayer*. Strode’s writing often takes the form of brief, aphoristic meditations and lyric verse, emphasizing personal conscience, inner freedom, and a direct, nonsectarian spirituality. Her books circulated among readers interested in independent religious thought and self-culture, and her poems and maxims were frequently quoted in periodicals and quotation collections. She is remembered for concise, devotional language shaped more by individual experience than by formal doctrine.