Poetic Openings : Edgar Lee Masters to Edgar Lee Masters

Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Sam Hookey : First Line : I ran away from home with the circus,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Samuel Gardner : First Line : I who kept the greenhouse,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Sarah Brown : First Line : Maurice, weep not, I am not here under this pine tree.
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Scholfield Huxley : First Line : God! ask me not to record your wonders,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Schroeder The Fisherman : First Line : I sat on the bank above Bernadotte

Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Searcy Foote : First Line : I wanted to go away to college
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Serepta Mason : First Line : My life’s blossom might have bloomed on all sides
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Seth Compton : First Line : When I died, the circulating library
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Sexsmith The Dentist : First Line : Do you think that odes and sermons,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Shack Dye : First Line : The white men played all sorts of jokes on me.