Limited - A poem by Carl Sandburg


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Carl Sandburg - Limited

I AM riding on a limited express, one of the crack trains
of the nation.
Hurtling across the prairie into blue haze and dark air
go fifteen all-steel coaches holding a thousand people.
(All the coaches shall be scrap and rust and all the men
and women laughing in the diners and sleepers shall
pass to ashes.)
I ask a man in the smoker where he is going and he
answers: "Omaha."

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Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 35. Limited Volume: Chicago Poems - Chicago Poems Year: Published/Written in 1912 Poem of the Day: Apr 24 2002 Comment 1 of 1, added on June 16th, 2007 at 1:54 PM. i read this poem in high school 40 years ago. i still remember it and finally looked it up again. i had thought the title was omaha, but that is another one of carl's poems. i think this is a great poem, quit modern for mr. sanburg. stephen kilborn from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Limited, 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: 35. Limited Volume: Chicago Poems - Chicago Poems Year: Published/Written in 1912 Last read: May 15 2008, 12:16AM Poem of the Day: Apr 24 2002 Viewed 3324 times. Added on June 16th, 2007 at 1:54 PM.

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