Bricklayer Love - A poem by Carl Sandburg


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Carl Sandburg - Bricklayer Love

I THOUGHT of killing myself because I am only a bricklayer and you a woman who loves the man who runs a drug store.
 
I don’t care like I used to; I lay bricks straighter than I used to and I sing slower handling the trowel afternoons.
 
When the sun is in my eyes and the ladders are shaky and the mortar boards go wrong, I think of you.

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Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 13. Bricklayer Love Volume: Cornhuskers - Haunts Year: Published/Written in 1918 Poem of the Day: Dec 20 2004 Comment 3 of 3, added on February 11th, 2008 at 3:19 PM. it was emo cool! Sakura from United States Comment 2 of 3, added on December 8th, 2004 at 7:46 PM. i like it eventhough it seems dark and sad...but i like it. dayie Comment 1 of 3, added on November 29th, 2004 at 11:04 AM. i realy liked it it was cooly insane from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Bricklayer Love, has received 3 comments. Click here to read them, 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: 13. Bricklayer Love Volume: Cornhuskers - Haunts Year: Published/Written in 1918 Last read: May 9 2008, 8:52PM Poem of the Day: Dec 20 2004 Viewed 3012 times. Added on November 29th, 2004 at 11:04 AM.

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