“The tongue may be an unruly member--
But silence poisons the soul.”
Edgar Lee Masters book Spoon River Anthology
Source: Spoon River Anthology
Quotes from bookSpoon River Anthology
Spoon River Anthology , by Edgar Lee Masters, is a collection of short free verse poems that collectively narrates the epitaphs of the residents of Spoon River, a fictional small town named after the real Spoon River that ran near Masters' home town of Lewistown, Illinois. The aim of the poems is to demystify rural and small town American life. The collection includes 212 separate characters, in all providing 244 accounts of their lives, losses, and manner of death. Many of the poems contain cross-references that create an unabashed tapestry of the community. The poems were originally published in the St. Louis, Missouri literary journal Reedy's Mirror.
“To this generation I would say:
Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.”
Edgar Lee Masters book Spoon River Anthology
Source: Spoon River Anthology
