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Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back.
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I am Anne Rutledge who sleep beneath these weeds, Beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln.

Spoon River Anthology. Anne Rutledge

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Out of me unworthy and unknown The vibrations of deathless music.

Spoon River Anthology. Anne Rutledge

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Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you— It takes life to love life.

Spoon River Anthology. Lucinda Matlock

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Seeds in a dry pod, tick, tick, tick, Tick, tick, tick, what little iambics, While Homer and Whitman roared in the pines!

Spoon River Anthology. Petit, the Poet

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Hear me, ambitious souls, Sex is the curse of life!

Spoon River Anthology. Margaret Fuller Slack

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All, all, are sleeping on the hill.

Spoon River Anthology [1915]. The Hill, refrain

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Edgar Lee Masters was born on August 23, 1868, in Garnett, Kansas. He studied law and practiced it for many years, but his passion for literature led him to write poetry. His most famous work, "Spoon River Anthology" (1915), is a collection of epitaphs and monologues of deceased citizens of a small town, revealing their secrets, regrets, and aspirations. The book had a significant impact on American poetry, influencing generations of poets with its realistic approach and its restrained lyricism. Masters also wrote novels, biographies, and other works of poetry, but "Spoon River Anthology" remains his most enduring contribution to literature. He died on March 13, 1950.