Soup - A poem by Carl Sandburg


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Carl Sandburg - Soup

I SAW a famous man eating soup.
I say he was lifting a fat broth
Into his mouth with a spoon.
His name was in the newspapers that day
Spelled out in tall black headlines
And thousands of people were talking about him.
  
  When I saw him,
He sat bending his head over a plate
Putting soup in his mouth with a spoon.

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Soup - Comments and Information
Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 16. Soup Volume: Smoke and Steel - II. People Who Must Year: Published/Written in 1922 Comment 2 of 2, added on March 27th, 2006 at 8:10 AM. It's a great poem. It means a lot. Carl Sandburg is a great poet. Bob from United States Comment 1 of 2, added on September 1st, 2005 at 11:55 AM. A deceptively simple poem about perception, appearance and reality, class and other things. It is fun to teach. Read Richard Cory by E.A. Robinson for comparison and Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. We all put our pants on the same way--one leg at a time joseph lynch from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Soup, has received 2 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: 16. Soup Volume: Smoke and Steel - II. People Who Must Year: Published/Written in 1922 Last read: Jul 23 2008, 8:03PM Viewed 3043 times. Added on September 1st, 2005 at 11:55 AM.

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