Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg)

CHICAGO POEMS By Carl Sandburg Originally published by Henry Holt and Company, New York This digital reprint published by E S P Electronic Scholarly Publishing http://www.esp.org Electronic Scholarly Publishing Project Series Editor: Robert J. Robbins The Electronic Scholarly Publishing project has received support from the ELSI component of the United States Department of Energy Human Genome Project. ESP also welcomes help from volunteers and collaborators, who recommend works for publication, provide access to original materials, and assist with technical and production work. If you are interested in volunteering, or are otherwise interested in the project, contact the series editor: [email protected]. Bibliographical Note This ESP edition, first electronically published in 2003, is a newly typeset, unabridged version, based on the 1916 edition published by Henry Holt and Company. 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The writer wishes to thank Harriet Monroe and Alice Corbin Henderson, editors of Poetry, and William Marion Reedy, editor of Reedy’s Mirror, St. Louis, whose services have heightened what values of human address herein hold good. CONTENTS CHICAGO POEMS .........................................................1 CHICAGO ................................................................................... 1 SKETCH.....................................................................................2 MASSES.....................................................................................2 LOST.........................................................................................3 THE HARBOR .............................................................................3 THEY WILL SAY..........................................................................3 MILL-DOORS .............................................................................4 HALSTED STREET CAR ................................................................4 CLARK STREET BRIDGE ...............................................................5 PASSERS-BY ..............................................................................5 THE WALKING MAN OF RODIN ....................................................6 SUBWAY ....................................................................................6 THE SHOVEL MAN ......................................................................7 A TEAMSTER’S FAREWELL ...........................................................7 FISH CRIER ...............................................................................7 PICNIC BOAT............................................................................. 8 HAPPINESS ............................................................................... 8 MUCKERS ................................................................................. 8 BLACKLISTED.............................................................................9 GRACELAND...............................................................................9 CHILD OF THE ROMANS ..............................................................9 THE RIGHT TO GRIEF ............................................................... 10 MAG ........................................................................................11 ONION DAYS .............................................................................11 POPULATION DRIFTS ................................................................ 12 CRIPPLE .................................................................................. 13 A FENCE ................................................................................. 13 ANNA IMROTH ......................................................................... 13 WORKING GIRLS ...................................................................... 14 MAMIE.................................................................................... 14 PERSONALITY........................................................................... 15 CUMULATIVES.......................................................................... 15 TO CERTAIN JOURNEYMEN ........................................................ 16 viii CONTENTS CHAMFORT .............................................................................. 16 LIMITED.................................................................................. 17 THE HAS-BEEN........................................................................ 17 IN A BACK ALLEY...................................................................... 17 A COIN ................................................................................... 17 DYNAMITER ............................................................................. 18 ICE HANDLER .......................................................................... 18 JACK....................................................................................... 19 FELLOW CITIZENS .................................................................... 19 NIGGER...................................................................................20 TWO NEIGHBORS......................................................................20 STYLE ..................................................................................... 21 TO BEACHEY, 1912 ................................................................... 21 UNDER A HAT RIM ...................................................................22 IN A BREATH............................................................................22 BATH ......................................................................................23 BRONZES.................................................................................23 DUNES ....................................................................................24 ON THE WAY ...........................................................................24 READY TO KILL ........................................................................25 TO A CONTEMPORARY BUNKSHOOTER.........................................25 SKYSCRAPER ............................................................................27 HANDFULS ................................................................29 FOG ........................................................................................29 POOL ......................................................................................29 JAN KUBELIK ..........................................................................30 CHOOSE ..................................................................................30 CRIMSON.................................................................................30 WHITELIGHT ...........................................................................30 FLUX ......................................................................................30 KIN ........................................................................................ 31 WHITE SHOULDERS .................................................................. 31 LOSSES ................................................................................... 31 TROTHS................................................................................... 31 WAR POEMS (1914-1915).............................................32 KILLERS ..................................................................................32 CONTENTS ix AMONG THE RED GUNS .............................................................33 IRON.......................................................................................34 MURMURINGS IN A FIELD HOSPITAL...........................................34 STATISTICS ..............................................................................35 FIGHT .....................................................................................35 BUTTONS.................................................................................36 AND THEY OBEY.......................................................................36 JAWS ......................................................................................37 SALVAGE .................................................................................37 WARS .....................................................................................37 THE ROAD AND THE END.......................................... 38 THE ROAD AND THE END...........................................................38 CHOICES .................................................................................39 GRAVES...................................................................................39 AZTEC MASK............................................................................40 MOMUS ...................................................................................40

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