Chicago Poems (1916) was Carl Sandburg's first-published book of verse. Written in the poet's unique, personal idiom, these poems embody a soulfulness, lyric grace, and a love of and compassion for the common man that earned Sandburg a reputation as a «poet of the people.»Among the dozens of poems in this collection are such well-known verses as «Chicago,» «Fog,» «To a Contemporary Bunkshooter,» «Who Am I?» and «Under the Harvest Moon,» as well as numerous others on themes of war,...
Chicago Poems (1916) was Carl Sandburg's first-published book of verse. Written in the poet's unique, personal idiom, these poems embody a soulfulness, lyric grace, and a love of and compassion for the common man that earned Sandburg a reputation as a «poet of the people.»Among the dozens of poems in this collection are such well-known verses as «Chicago,» «Fog,» «To a Contemporary Bunkshooter,» «Who Am I?» and «Under the Harvest Moon,» as well as numerous others on themes of war,...
Chicago Poems (1916) was Carl Sandburg's first-published book of verse. Written in the poet's unique, personal idiom, these poems embody a soulfulness, lyric grace, and a love of and compassion for the common man that earned Sandburg a reputation as a «poet of the people.»Among the dozens of poems in this collection are such well-known verses as «Chicago,» «Fog,» «To a Contemporary Bunkshooter,» «Who Am I?» and «Under the Harvest Moon,» as well as numerous others on themes of war,...
"Rootabaga Pigeons" by Carl Sandburg. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
American author and poet Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), best known for the poetry that attributed to two of his three Pulitzer Prizes, also wrote histories, biographies, novels, and children's stories. Born in Illinois, Sandburg spent most of his life in the Midwest before moving to North Carolina in 1945, where he lived till his death. In the early 1920s Sandburg began writing children's stories for his three daughters, beginning with his «Rootabaga Stories», one of three collections of...
