Poetic Openings : Edgar Lee Masters to Edgar Lee Masters

Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Ami Green : First Line : Not “a youth with hoary head and haggard eye,”
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Amos Sibley : First Line : Not character, not fortitude, not patience
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Andy The Night-watch : First Line : In my Spanish cloak,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Aner Clute : First Line : Over and over they used to ask me,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Anne Rutledge : First Line : Out of me unworthy and unknown

Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Anthony Findlay : First Line : Both for the country and for the man,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Archibald Higbie : First Line : I Loathed you, Spoon River. I tried to rise above you,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Arlo Will : First Line : Did you ever see an alligator
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Barney Hainsfeather : First Line : If the excursion train to Peoria
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Barry Holden : First Line : The very fall my sister Nancy Knapp