I LOST my patronage in Spoon River From trying to put my mind in the camera To catch the soul of the person. The very best picture I ever took Was of Judge Somers, attorney at law. He sat upright and had me pause Till he got his cross-eye straight. Then when he was ready he said "all right." And I yell, "overruled" and his eye turned up. And I caught him just as he used to look When saying "I except." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOCTURNE IN A MINOR KEY by CONRAD AIKEN THE CROSS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO -, WITH A ROSE by SIDNEY LANIER SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JACOB GODBEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS NOTHING WILL CURE THE SICK LION BUT TO EAT AN APE' by MARIANNE MOORE |