This poem was included in the original 1915 edition.
I WENT to the dances at Chandlerville, And played snap-out at Winchester. One time we changed partners, Driving home in the moonlight of middle June, And then I found Davis. We were married and lived together for seventy years, Enjoying, working, raising the twelve children, Eight of whom we lost Ere I had reached the age of sixty. I spun, I wove, I kept the house, I nursed the sick, I made the garden, and for holiday Rambled over the fields where sang the larks, And by Spoon River gathering many a shell, And many a flower and medicinal weed-- Shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green valleys. At ninety--six I had lived enough, that is all, And passed to a sweet repose. What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you-- It takes life to love Life.
, 3 months ago
I'm 61. I read Lucinda Matlock in high school and it stayed deep in my memory until today I found it on line. I think I feared then that life would be too strong for me. So far so good!
, about 1 month ago
This poem sucks poopoo
, about 1 month ago
This are the answers to the test!!!---> black people!!!
, about 1 month ago
WHITE POWER!!!11!!!1!
, about 1 month ago
WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING A BLACK JEW?
yOU'RE IN THE BACK OF THE OVEN!!!!
, 6 days ago
Funny times. How did the offensive commenters of the internet find the Spoon River Anthology site? Go back to Youtube, douchebags. Or better yet, take the poem's advice and get out and live life. Try saying these offensive comments to real live people for a change of pace. Sure, you'll probably get punched in the face, but you will have lived life.
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Edward , 9 months ago
she lived a good life