Halsted Street Car - A poem by Carl Sandburg


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Carl Sandburg - Halsted Street Car

COME you, cartoonists,
Hang on a strap with me here
At seven o'clock in the morning
On a Halsted street car.

Take your pencils
And draw these faces.

Try with your pencils for these crooked faces,
That pig-sticker in one corner--his mouth--
That overall factory girl--her loose cheeks.

Find for your pencils
A way to mark your memory
Of tired empty faces.

After their night's sleep,
In the moist dawn
And cool daybreak,
Faces
Tired of wishes,
Empty of dreams.

Added: on September 26th, 2004 at 5:39 AM | Viewed: 4319 times | Comments and analysis of Halsted Street Car by Carl Sandburg Comments (1)

Halsted Street Car - Comments and Information
Poet: Carl Sandburg (Carl Sandburg Art) Poem: 8. Halsted Street Car Volume: Chicago Poems - Chicago Poems Year: Published/Written in 1912 Comment 1 of 1, added on September 26th, 2004 at 5:39 AM. I'm not one usually moved by poetry. But I remember not a "car", but a bus route in the 1950's -60's. Bib overalls were not uncommon. The fragrance of the few remaining slaughterhouses. Just a memory. But a different one than most. It was normal. Thats what people did. Bert Lile from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Halsted Street Car, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Carl Sandburg with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 8. Halsted Street Car Volume: Chicago Poems - Chicago Poems Year: Published/Written in 1912 Last read: Dec 8 2009, 10:57AM Viewed 4319 times. Added on September 26th, 2004 at 5:39 AM.

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