Moonset : Carl Sandburg : : Darkness Poems : :

84. Moonset : By Carl Sandburg( 1878–1967 ) , Illinois : : Cornhuskers, 1918. : : : : LEAVES of poplars pick Japanese prints against the west. 1 Moon sand on the canal doubles the changing pictures. 2 The moon’s good-by ends pictures. 3 The west is empty. All else is empty. No moon-talk atContinue reading “Moonset : Carl Sandburg : : Darkness Poems : :”

Poems Done on a Late Night Car : Carl Sandburg : : Mother Poems : :

I. CHICKENS I am The Great White Way of the city: When you ask what is my desire, I answer: “Girls fresh as country wild flowers, With young faces tired of the cows and barns, Eager in their eyes as the dawn to find my mysteries,Slender supple girls with shapely legs, Lure in the archContinue reading “Poems Done on a Late Night Car : Carl Sandburg : : Mother Poems : :”

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