In my oldest son's American Lit. textbook, the author recommended reading a few poems from Edgar Masters's Spoon River Anthology. For October's poetry treat day, we listened to and discussed a few poems from this anthology. All of the monological poems are the dead residents of Spoon River (a fictional mid-American town) speaking about their lives from their graves. The first poem is entitled "The Hill", which is the place where everyone is buried.
Very interesting and an impressive endeavor!
-Borrowed from the library.
Warning: some poems have innuendos/sexual references We skipped those! For junior high/high school, I would hand select the poems. Some of our favorites were "'Butch' Weldy", & "Lucinda Matlock". The tone is a bit cynical about small American towns and its residents. Mr. Masters did not seem to have a high regard for God and the church.
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