Selected PoemsHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 1996 - 285 pages Superb collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. This collection of Sandburg's finest and most representative poetry draws on all of his previous volumes and includes four unpublished poems about Lincoln. The Hendricks's comprehensive introduction discusses how Sandburg's life and beliefs colored his work and why it continues to resonate so deeply with americans today. Edited and with an Introduction by George and Willene Hendrick. |
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Page vii
... Mother 14 Implications 15 Graceland 16 Skyscraper 17 The People , Yes , No. 81 The Windy City 21 IMAGES 35 Fog 37 Sketch 37 Lost 38 Flux 38 Nocturne in a Deserted Brickyard 38 Window 39 Sunset from Omaha Hotel Window 39 19 Prairie ...
... Mother 14 Implications 15 Graceland 16 Skyscraper 17 The People , Yes , No. 81 The Windy City 21 IMAGES 35 Fog 37 Sketch 37 Lost 38 Flux 38 Nocturne in a Deserted Brickyard 38 Window 39 Sunset from Omaha Hotel Window 39 19 Prairie ...
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... 86 Abraham Lincoln's Father and Mother 89 Lincoln 91 Mr. Lincoln and His Glovest 92 Journey and Oath 95 Untitled * 96 * Previously unpublished * Posthumously published ANTI - WAR AND WAR POEMS 99 House 202 Old viii CONTENTS.
... 86 Abraham Lincoln's Father and Mother 89 Lincoln 91 Mr. Lincoln and His Glovest 92 Journey and Oath 95 Untitled * 96 * Previously unpublished * Posthumously published ANTI - WAR AND WAR POEMS 99 House 202 Old viii CONTENTS.
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... Mother's Heart Wishes 116 Open Letter to the Poet Archibald MacLeish Who Has Forsaken His Massachusetts Farm to Make Propaganda for Freedom 129 The Man with the Broken Fingers 130 Forgotten Wars 133 Grass 134 PORTRAITS To a Poet 137 135 ...
... Mother's Heart Wishes 116 Open Letter to the Poet Archibald MacLeish Who Has Forsaken His Massachusetts Farm to Make Propaganda for Freedom 129 The Man with the Broken Fingers 130 Forgotten Wars 133 Grass 134 PORTRAITS To a Poet 137 135 ...
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Contents
Chicago | 3 |
Mamie | 9 |
IMAGES | 35 |
Bumble Bee Days | 41 |
POEMS | 49 |
Child of the Romans | 55 |
The Mayor of Gary | 61 |
Paula | 67 |
Memoir of a Proud Boy 137 Sayings of Henry Stephens | 165 |
Nigger | 168 |
A Reporter in Debt | 174 |
Cartoon | 184 |
The Lawyers Know | 190 |
Slabs of the Sunburnt West | 197 |
A Couple | 206 |
Timesweep | 222 |
LINCOLN | 77 |
The People Yes No 57 | 86 |
Mr Lincoln and His Glovest | 92 |
Old Timers 202 Evidence As to a She Devil | 141 |
A Million Young Workmen Osawatomie | 147 |
Open Letter to the Poet Archibald Mysterious Biography | 153 |
Jazz Fantasia | 159 |
SMUSINGS | 239 |
POETRY | 267 |
Original Publication | 273 |
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About the Editors | 285 |
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