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Spoon River Anthology

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.

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Hill, The (Lokon)
Hod Putt (Matthew Shepherd)
Ollie McGee (Kristin Hughes (1974-2021))
Fletcher McGee (Forrest Beal)
Robert Fulton Tanner (Joshua Young)
Cassius Hueffer (Kurt Copeland)
Serepta Mason (Gesine)
Amanda Barker (Fox in the Stars)
Constance Hately (Westwinds12)
Chase Henry (Kurt Copeland)
Harry Carey Goodhue (Anthony Craine)
Judge Somers (David Barnes)
Kinsey Keene (Jessica Orlando)
Benjamin Pantier (Samantha Hayes)
Mrs. Benjamin Pantier (Gesine)
Reuben Pantier (Betsie Bush)
Emily Sparks (Kristin LeMoine)
Trainor, the Druggist (Marlo Dianne)
Daisy Fraser (Westwinds12)
Benjamin Fraser (Kurt Copeland)
Minerva Jones (Marlo Dianne)
Indignation Jones (Gesine)
Doctor Meyers (Peter Yearsley)
Mrs. Meyers (Westwinds12)
Butch Weldy (Joshua Young)
Knowlt Hoheimer (Marlo Dianne)
Lydia Puckett (chriss the girl)
Frank Drummer (Lokon)
Hare Drummer (David Barnes)
Conrad Siever (Kurt Copeland)
Doc Hill (Matthew Shepherd)
Andy the Night-Watch (Anthony Craine)
Sarah Brown (Claire Goget)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (Samantha Hayes)
Flossie Cabanis (Gesine)
Julia Miller (Caitlin Kelly)
Johnnie Sayre (Aaron Decker)
Charlie French (Fox in the Stars)
Zenas Witt (Kirk Thomas)
Theodore the Poet (Phil Bordelon)
Town Marshal, The (Jessica Orlando)
Jack McGuire (Kirk Thomas)
Dorcas Gustine (Fox in the Stars)
Nicholas Bindle (Aaron Decker)
Jacob Goodpasture (Sean McKinley)
Harold Arnett (David Barnes)
Margaret Fuller Slack (Gesine)
George Trimble (Everett Thompson)
Dr. Siegfried Iseman (Matthew Walton)
Ace Shaw (Fox in the Stars)
Lois Spears (Kristin LeMoine)
Justice Arnett (Sean McKinley)
Willard Fluke (David Barnes)
Aner Clute (Calliope)
Lucius Atherton (Kirk Thomas)
Homer Clapp (Westwinds12)
Deacon Taylor (Joshua Young)
Sam Hookey (Westwinds12)
Cooney Potter (Kirk Thomas)
Fiddler Jones (chriss the girl)
Nellie Clark (Alys AtteWater)
Louise Smith (Caitlin Kelly)
Herbert Marshall (Kirk Thomas)
George Gray (Anthony Craine)
Hon. Henry Bennett (Heather Lambert)
Griffy the Cooper (Calliope)
Sexsmith the Dentist (Matthew Shepherd)
A. D. Blood (Victoria Grace)
Robert Southey (Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010))
Dora Williams (Fae Haldane)
Mrs. Williams (chriss the girl)
William and Emily (Hollylyn)
Circuit Judge, The (Ken Hallenius)
Blind Jack (Sean McGaughey)
John Horace Burleson (Kirk Thomas)
Nancy Knapp (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Barry Holden (David Barnes)
State's Attorney Fallas (Anthony Craine)
Wendell P. Bloyd (petespaw)
Francis Turner (Victoria Grace)
Franklin Jones (Kirk Thomas)
John M. Church (Lokon)
Russian Sonia (Caitlin Kelly)
Isa Nutter (Persephone Munt)
Barney Hainsfeather (Maddie)
Petit, the Poet (Andrea L)
Pauline Barrett (Heidi Mo Hawkins)
Mrs. Charles Bliss (Fox in the Stars)
Mrs. George Reece (Joyce Nussbaum)
Rev. Lemuel Wiley (Victoria Grace)
Thomas Ross, Jr. (Heather Lambert)
Rev. Abner Peet (Rob Howard)
Jefferson Howard (Victoria Grace)
Judge Selah Lively (Tina Tilney)
Albert Schirding (Kirk Thomas)
Jonas Keene (quieteyes)
Eugenia Todd (Kristin LeMoine)
Yee Bow (Fox in the Stars)
Washington McNeely (Maddie)
Paul McNeely (Kirk Thomas)
Mary McNeely (Kristin Hughes (1974-2021))
Daniel M'Cumber (petespaw)
Georgine Sand Miner (Victoria Long)
Thomas Rhodes (Dan Threetrees)
Ida Chicken (chriss the girl)
Penniwit, the Artist (Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010))
Jim Brown (Ralph Klapis)
Robert Davidson (Kirk Thomas)
Elsa Wertman (Fox in the Stars)
Hamilton Greene (Sean McGaughey)
Ernest Hyde (Thomas Rappel)
Roger Heston (Aaron Decker)
Amos Sibley (Dan Threetrees)
Mrs. Sibley (Andrea L)
Adam Weirauch (Kirk Thomas)
Ezra Bartlett (Sean McGaughey)
Amelia Garrick (Fox in the Stars)
John Hancock Otis (Dann Denning)
Anthony Findlay (Simon Keating)
John Cabanis (Kirk Thomas)
Unknown, The (Elizabeth Palmer)
Alexander Throckmorton (Maddie)
Jonathan Swift Somers (Author of the Spooniad) (Samantha Hayes)
Widow McFarlane (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Carl Hamblin (Kirk Thomas)
Editor Whedon (Matthew O'Meara)
Eugene Carman (petespaw)
Clarence Fawcett (Greg Aughe)
W. Lloyd Garrison Standard (David Barnes)
Professor Newcomer (Kirk Thomas)
Ralph Rhodes (Deb Bacon-Ziegler)
Mickey M'Grew (Joshua Young)
Rosie Roberts (chriss the girl)
Oscar Hummel (Kirk Thomas)
Roscoe Purkapile (Everett Thompson)
Mrs. Purkapile (Kristin LeMoine)
Josiah Tompkins (Ralph Klapis)
Mrs. Kessler (Caitlin Kelly)
Harmon Whitney (Kirk Thomas)
Bert Kessler (Matthew Walton)
Lambert Hutchins (Kirk Thomas)
Lillian Stewart (Calliope)
Hortense Robbins (Joyce Nussbaum)
Batterton Dobyns (Greg Aughe)
Jacob Godbey (Kirk Thomas)
Walter Simmons (quieteyes)
Tom Beatty (Kirk Thomas)
Roy Butler (David Barnes)
Searcy Foote (Sean McGaughey)
Edmund Pollard (Aaron Decker)
Thomas Trevelyan (Kirk Thomas)
Percival Sharp (Greg Aughe)
Hiram Scates (Linda Leu)
Peleg Poague (Kirk Thomas)
Jeduthan Hawley (frankjf)
Abel Melveny (Kirk Thomas)
Oaks Tutt (quieteyes)
Elliott Hawkins (Kirk Thomas)
Voltaire Johnson (Linda Leu)
English Thornton (Kirk Thomas)
Enoch Dunlap (Maddie)
Ida Frickey (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Seth Compton (Aaron Decker)
Felix Schmidt (Betsie Bush)
Schroeder the Fisherman (Kirk Thomas)
Richard Bone (Joshua Young)
Silas Dement (Greg Aughe)
Dillard Sissman (Linda Leu)
Jonathan Houghton (Kirk Thomas)
E. C. Culbertson (Linda Leu)
Shack Dye (Glen Hallstrom)
Hildrup Tubbs (Kirk Thomas)
Henry Tripp (quieteyes)
Granville Calhoun (frankjf)
Henry C. Calhoun (Kirk Thomas)
Alfred Moir (Samantha Hayes)
Perry Zoll (quieteyes)
Dippold the Optician (Kirk Thomas)
Magrady Graham (Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010))
Archibald Higbie (Linda Leu)
Tom Merritt (Thomas Hoover)
Mrs. Merritt (Cori Samuel)
Elmer Karr (Greg Aughe)
Elizabeth Childers (Maddie)
Edith Conant (Alys AtteWater)
Charles Webster (Linda Leu)
Father Malloy (Kirk Thomas)
Ami Green (Elizabeth Palmer)
Calvin Campbell (frankjf)
Henry Layton (Kirk Thomas)
Harlan Sewall (Greg Aughe)
Ippolit Konovaloff (Kirk Thomas)
Henry Phipps (Sean McGaughey)
Harry Wilmans (Anthony Craine)
John Wasson (Kirk Thomas)
Many Soldiers (frankjf)
Godwin James (Kirk Thomas)
Lyman King (Sean McGaughey)
Caroline Branson (Kristin LeMoine)
Anne Rutledge (Linda Leu)
Hamlet Micure (Kirk Thomas)
Mabel Osborne (Fox in the Stars)
William H. Herndon (Sean McGaughey)
Rebecca Wasson (Caitlin Kelly)
Rutherford McDowell (Kirk Thomas)
Hannah Armstrong (Fox in the Stars)
Lucinda Matlock (Alys AtteWater)
Davis Matlock (Greg Aughe)
Herman Altman (Matthew O'Meara)
Jennie M'Grew (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Columbus Cheney (Kirk Thomas)
Wallace Ferguson (frankjf)
Maria Bateson (Joyce Nussbaum)
Tennessee Claflin Shope (Rob Howard)
Plymouth Rock Joe (Betsie Bush)
Imanuel Ehrenhardt (Aaron Decker)
Samuel Gardner (Peter Yearsley)
Dow Kritt (Linda Leu)
William Jones (Kirk Thomas)
William Goode (Sean McGaughey)
J. Milton Miles (Cori Samuel)
Faith Matheny (Joyce Nussbaum)
Scholfield Huxley (Phil Bordelon)
Willie Metcalf (Greg Aughe)
Willie Pennington (quieteyes)
Village Atheist, The (Alys AtteWater)
John Ballard (Eveleaf)
Julian Scott (Samantha Hayes)
Alfonso Churchill (Greg Aughe)
Zilpha Marsh (Fox in the Stars)
James Garber (Kirk Thomas)
Lydia Humphrey (Annie Coleman Rothenberg)
Le Roy Goldman (Sean McGaughey)
Gustav Richter (Lokon)
Arlo Will (Kirk Thomas)
Captain Orlando Killion (Deb Bacon-Ziegler)
Jeremy Carlisle (Kirk Thomas)
Joseph Dixon (Eveleaf)
Judson Stoddard (Greg Aughe)
Russell Kincaid (Betsie Bush)
Aaron Hatfield (Aaron Decker)
Isaiah Beethoven (Matthew Walton)
Elijah Browning (Eveleaf)
Webster Ford (Sean McGaughey)
Spooniad, The (Peter Yearsley)
Epilogue, The (Group)
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