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Born in January 6, 1878 / Died in July 22, 1967 / United States / English

Poems by Carl Sandburg

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The Lawyers Know Too Much

... The lawyers—tell me why a hearse horse snickers hauling a lawyer’s bones ...

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The Mist

... The voiceless, baffled, patient Sphinx ...

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The Shovel Man

... ON the street Slung on his shoulder is a handle half way across, ...

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Waiting

... And I will listen as the veering winds kiss me and fold me ...

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Who am I?

... I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God ...

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A Fence

... As a fence, it is a masterpiece, and will shut off the rabble ...

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A Sphinx

... never talking. Not one croak of anything you know has come from your ...

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Accomplished Facts

... Napoleon too, in a last testament, mentioned a silver ...

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Autumn Movement

... ul things come in the first spit of snow on the northwest wind, and the old things go, not one lasts ...

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Aztec Mask

... A cry out of storm and dark, a red yell and a purple prayer, ...

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Bath

... Only there was a singing fire and a climb of roses everlastingly ...

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Blacklisted

... A name is a cheap thing all fathers and mothers leave ...

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Blue Ridge

... So it goes: either the early morning lights are lovely or the early morning star ...

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Buffalo Dusk

... prairie sod into dust with their hoofs, their great heads down pawing on in a great pageant of dusk, ...

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Chicago Poet

... He crumpled the skin on his forehead, ...