Percy Bysshe Shelley

Poetry

Spoon River Anthology

by Edgar Lee MASTERS (1868 - 1950)

This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, gossiping about their neighbors' lives. It's interesting to hear how other people perceive a particular character, and how that character responds.

Listen next episodes of Spoon River Anthology:
A. D. Blood , Aaron Hatfield , Abel Melveny , Ace Shaw , Adam Weirauch , Albert Schirding , Alexander Throckmorton , Alfonso Churchill , Alfred Moir , Amelia Garrick , Ami Green , Amos Sibley , Aner Clute , Anne Rutledge , Anthony Findlay , Archibald Higbie , Arlo Will , Barney Hainsfeather , Barry Holden , Batterton Dobyns , Bert Kessler , Blind Jack , Calvin Campbell , Captain Orlando Killion , Carl Hamblin , Caroline Branson , Charles Webster , Charlie French , Circuit Judge, The , Clarence Fawcett , Columbus Cheney , Cooney Potter , Daniel M'Cumber , Davis Matlock , Deacon Taylor , Dillard Sissman , Dippold the Optician , Dora Williams , Dorcas Gustine , Dow Kritt , Dr. Siegfried Iseman , E. C. Culbertson , Edith Conant , Editor Whedon , Edmund Pollard , Elijah Browning , Elizabeth Childers , Elliott Hawkins , Elmer Karr , Elsa Wertman , English Thornton , Enoch Dunlap , Epilogue, The , Ernest Hyde , Eugene Carman , Eugenia Todd , Ezra Bartlett , Faith Matheny , Father Malloy , Felix Schmidt , Fiddler Jones , Flossie Cabanis , Francis Turner , Franklin Jones , George Gray , George Trimble , Georgine Sand Miner , Godwin James , Granville Calhoun , Griffy the Cooper , Gustav Richter , Hamilton Greene , Hamlet Micure , Hannah Armstrong , Harlan Sewall , Harmon Whitney , Harold Arnett , Harry Wilmans , Henry C. Calhoun , Henry Layton , Henry Phipps , Henry Tripp , Herbert Marshall , Herman Altman , Hildrup Tubbs , Hiram Scates , Homer Clapp , Hon. Henry Bennett , Hortense Robbins , Ida Chicken , Ida Frickey , Imanuel Ehrenhardt , Ippolit Konovaloff , Isa Nutter , Isaiah Beethoven , J. Milton Miles , Jack McGuire , Jacob Godbey , Jacob Goodpasture , James Garber , Jeduthan Hawley , Jefferson Howard , Jennie M'Grew , Jeremy Carlisle , Jim Brown , John Ballard , John Cabanis , John Hancock Otis , John Horace Burleson , John M. Church , John Wasson , Johnnie Sayre , Jonas Keene , Jonathan Houghton , Jonathan Swift Somers (Author of the Spooniad) , Joseph Dixon , Josiah Tompkins , Judge Selah Lively , Judson Stoddard , Julia Miller , Julian Scott , Justice Arnett , Lambert Hutchins , Le Roy Goldman , Lillian Stewart , Lois Spears , Louise Smith , Lucinda Matlock , Lucius Atherton , Lydia Humphrey , Lyman King , Mabel Osborne , Magrady Graham , Many Soldiers , Margaret Fuller Slack , Maria Bateson , Mary McNeely , Mickey M'Grew , Mrs. Charles Bliss , Mrs. George Reece , Mrs. Kessler , Mrs. Merritt , Mrs. Purkapile , Mrs. Sibley , Mrs. Williams , Nancy Knapp , Nellie Clark , Nicholas Bindle , Oaks Tutt , Oscar Hummel , Paul McNeely , Pauline Barrett , Peleg Poague , Penniwit, the Artist , Percival Sharp , Perry Zoll , Petit, the Poet , Plymouth Rock Joe , Professor Newcomer , Ralph Rhodes , Rebecca Wasson , Rev. Abner Peet , Rev. Lemuel Wiley , Richard Bone , Robert Davidson , Robert Southey , Roger Heston , Roscoe Purkapile , Rosie Roberts , Roy Butler , Russell Kincaid , Russian Sonia , Rutherford McDowell , Sam Hookey , Samuel Gardner , Scholfield Huxley , Schroeder the Fisherman , Searcy Foote , Seth Compton , Sexsmith the Dentist , Shack Dye , Silas Dement , Spooniad, The , State's Attorney Fallas , Tennessee Claflin Shope , Theodore the Poet , Thomas Rhodes , Thomas Ross, Jr. , Thomas Trevelyan , Tom Beatty , Tom Merritt , Town Marshal, The , Unknown, The , Village Atheist, The , Voltaire Johnson , W. Lloyd Garrison Standard , Wallace Ferguson , Walter Simmons , Washington McNeely , Webster Ford , Wendell P. Bloyd , Widow McFarlane , Willard Fluke , William and Emily , William Goode , William H. Herndon , William Jones , Willie Metcalf , Willie Pennington , Yee Bow , Zenas Witt , Zilpha Marsh