A Coin - A poem by Carl Sandburg


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Carl Sandburg - A Coin

YOUR western heads here cast on money,
You are the two that fade away together,
Partners in the mist.

Lunging buffalo shoulder,
Lean Indian face,
We who come after where you are gone
Salute your forms on the new nickel.

You are
To us:
The past.

Runners
On the prairie:
Good-by.

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A Coin - Comments and Information
Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 38. A Coin Volume: Chicago Poems - Chicago Poems Year: Published/Written in 1912 Comment 3 of 3, added on October 17th, 2011 at 3:11 PM. EWIhfngH Could you write about Physics so I can pass Sccinee class? Wilma from Romania Comment 2 of 3, added on March 21st, 2009 at 5:54 AM. There must be a mistake here: "A Coin" couldn't have been published in 1912 as stated here because the nickel which it describes was first issued in 1913. Grazyna from Poland Comment 1 of 3, added on April 25th, 2007 at 4:52 PM. i am doing a repot on carl sandburg an i am amased at how cool his poems are ,!,,!(^.^),!,,! Avery from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, A Coin, has received 3 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 38. A Coin Volume: Chicago Poems - Chicago Poems Year: Published/Written in 1912 Last read: 2013-05-23 01:26:33 Viewed 7615 times. Added Feb 4 2004.

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