Molly’s Comments on Spoon River Anthology

October 3rd, 2013

Well, albeit a rather dark collection, I do appreciate the way the underdogs triumph, or at least are as good as the top dogs in this picture of American life. As a writer, I can appreciate the work as a whole, but lament that the town Poet Petit missed the poetry, blind to the patterns and beauty of nature his whole life long. And I wish that Masters would have contemplated the poetic beauty of personalities in this small town, too, along the misdeeds and shady personalities that dominate his work.