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Author: Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950)

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Spoon River Anthology

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Andy the Night-Watch (In my Spanish cloak) (from Spoon River Anthology) - G. Negri
Anne Rutledge (Out of me unworthy and unknown) (from Spoon River Anthology) - S. Raphling, A. Trubitt, V. Williams
Dora Williams (When Reuben Pantier ran away and threw me) (from Spoon River Anthology) - A. Downes
For the hill (Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom, and Charley) (from Spoon River Anthology) - G. Negri
Francis Turner (I could not run or play) (from Spoon River Anthology) - G. Negri
Have you seen walking through the village (from Spoon River Anthology)
A. Downes: Ollie McGee

Here lies the body of Lois Spears (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri: Lois Spears

I am Minerva, the village poetess (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri: Minerva Jones

I, born in Weimar (from Spoon River Anthology)
A. Downes: Russian Sonia

I could not run or play (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri: Francis Turner

I lost my patronage in Spoon River (from Spoon River Anthology)
S. Raphling: Penniwit the Artist

I went to the dances at Chandlerville (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri, S. Raphling: Lucinda Matlock

In my Spanish cloak (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri: Andy the Night-Watch

Jonathan Houghton (There is the caw of a crow) (from Spoon River Anthology) - G. Negri
Lois Spears (Here lies the body of Lois Spears) (from Spoon River Anthology) - G. Negri
Lucinda Matlock (I went to the dances at Chandlerville) (from Spoon River Anthology) - G. Negri, S. Raphling
Mabel Osborne (Your red blossoms amid green leaves) (from Spoon River Anthology) - G. Negri
Maurice, weep not, I am not here under this pine tree (from Spoon River Anthology)
A. Downes: Sarah Brown

Minerva Jones (I am Minerva, the village poetess) (from Spoon River Anthology) - G. Negri
Ollie McGee (Have you seen walking through the village) (from Spoon River Anthology) - A. Downes
Out of me unworthy and unknown (from Spoon River Anthology)
S. Raphling, A. Trubitt, V. Williams: Anne Rutledge

Penniwit the Artist (I lost my patronage in Spoon River) (from Spoon River Anthology) - S. Raphling
Petit the Poet (Seeds in a dry pod, tick, tick, tick) (from Spoon River Anthology) - G. Negri
Rebecca Wasson (Spring and Summer, Fall and Winter and Spring) (from Spoon River Anthology) - A. Downes
Russian Sonia (I, born in Weimar) (from Spoon River Anthology) - A. Downes
Sarah Brown (Maurice, weep not, I am not here under this pine tree) (from Spoon River Anthology) - A. Downes
Seeds in a dry pod, tick, tick, tick (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri: Petit the Poet

Spring and Summer, Fall and Winter and Spring (from Spoon River Anthology)
A. Downes: Rebecca Wasson

The hill (Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom, and Charley) (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri: For the hill

There is something about Death (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri: William and Emily

There is the caw of a crow (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri: Jonathan Houghton

When Reuben Pantier ran away and threw me (from Spoon River Anthology)
A. Downes: Dora Williams

Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom, and Charley (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri: For the hill

William and Emily (There is something about Death) (from Spoon River Anthology) - G. Negri
Your red blossoms amid green leaves (from Spoon River Anthology)
G. Negri: Mabel Osborne