Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: PENNIWIT, THE ARTIST, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS


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First Line: I lost my patronage in spoon river
Last Line: "when saying ""I except."
Subject(s): Photography & Photographers


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."





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