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CHICAGO POEMS, by CARL SANDBURG.Digitized by Cardinalis Etext Press, C.E.K.Posted to Wiretap in June 1993, as chicago.txt.This text is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN.CHICAGO POEMSByCARL SANDBURGNEW YORKHENRY HOLT AND COMPANYCOPYRIGHT, 1916BYHENRY HOLT AND COMPANYToMY WIFE AND PALLILLIAN STEICHEN SANDBURGPREFATORY NOTESome of these writings were first printed in Poetry: AMagazine of Verse, Chicago. Permission to reprint is by courtesy ofthat publication. The writer wishes to thank Harriet Monroe andAlice Corbin Henderson, editors of Poetry, and William MarionReedy, editor of Reedy's Mirror, St. Louis, whose services haveheightened what values of human address herein hold good.CONTENTSCHICAGO POEMSChicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Masses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . .They Will Say. . . . . . . . . . . .Mill-Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . .Halsted Street Car . . . . . . . . .Clark Street Bridge. . . . . . . . .Passers-by . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Walking Man of Rodin . . . . . .Subway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Shovel Man . . . . . . . . . . .
 
A Teamster's Farewell. . . . . . . .Fish Crier . . . . . . . . . . . . .Picnic Boat. . . . . . . . . . . . .Happiness. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Muckers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blacklisted. . . . . . . . . . . . .Graceland. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Child of the Romans. . . . . . . . .The Right to Grief . . . . . . . . .Mag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Onion Days . . . . . . . . . . . . .Population Drifts. . . . . . . . . .Cripple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A Fence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anna Imroth. . . . . . . . . . . . .Working Girls. . . . . . . . . . . .Mamie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Personality. . . . . . . . . . . . .Cumulatives. . . . . . . . . . . . .To Certain Journeymen. . . . . . . .Chamfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Limited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Has-Been . . . . . . . . . . . .In a Back Alley. . . . . . . . . . .A Coin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dynamiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ice Handler. . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fellow Citizens. . . . . . . . . . .Nigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Two Neighbors. . . . . . . . . . . .Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .To Beachey--1912 . . . . . . . . . .Under a Hat Rim. . . . . . . . . . .In a Breath. . . . . . . . . . . . .Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bronzes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dunes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .On the Way . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ready to Kill. . . . . . . . . . . .To a Contemporary Bunkshooter. . . .Skyscraper . . . . . . . . . . . . .HANDFULSFog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan Kubelik. . . . . . . . . . . . .Choose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Crimson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Whitelight . . . . . . . . . . . . .Flux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .White Shoulders. . . . . . . . . . .Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Troths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAR POEMS (1914-1915)Killers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Among the Red Guns . . . . . . . . .
 
Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Murmurings in a Field Hospital . . .Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .And They Obey. . . . . . . . . . . .Jaws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Salvage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .THE ROAD AND THE ENDThe Road and the End . . . . . . . .Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Graves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aztec Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . .Momus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . .To a Dead Man. . . . . . . . . . . .Under. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A Sphinx . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Who Am I?. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Our Prayer of Thanks . . . . . . . .FOGS AND FIRESAt a Window. . . . . . . . . . . . .Under the Harvest Moon . . . . . . .The Great Hunt . . . . . . . . . . .Monotone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shirt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aztec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Two. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back Yard. . . . . . . . . . . . . .On the Breakwater. . . . . . . . . .Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pearl Fog. . . . . . . . . . . . . .I Sang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Follies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nocturne in a Deserted Brickyard . .Hydrangeas . . . . . . . . . . . . .Theme in Yellow. . . . . . . . . . .Between Two Hills. . . . . . . . . .Last Answers . . . . . . . . . . . .Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Young Sea. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Poppies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Child Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . .Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SHADOWSPoems Done on a Late Night Car. . . .It Is Much. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trafficker. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harrison Street Court . . . . . . . .
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