THEY are crying salt tears
Over the beautiful beloved body
Of Inez Milholland,
Because they are glad she lived,
Because she loved open-armed,
Throwing love for a cheap thing
Belonging to everybody—
Cheap as sunlight,
And morning air.

Poet: Carl Sandburg
Poem: 3. Repetitions
Volume: Cornhuskers
- Persons Half Known
Year: Published/Written in 1918
Poem of the Day: Dec 19 2005
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