Death & Dying
Frank Drummer
From Spoon River Anthology (1916)
Death & Dying
Out of a cell into this darkened space—
The end at twenty-five!
My tongue could not speak what stirred within me,
And the village thought me a fool.
Yet at the start there was a clear vision,
A high and urgent purpose in my soul
Which drove me on trying to memorize
The Encyclopedia Britannica!
Cite this poem
MLA
Masters, Edgar Lee. “Frank Drummer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/masters/27/.
Chicago
Masters, Edgar Lee. “Frank Drummer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/masters/27/.
Read this poem with the Codex →