Stars, Songs, Faces - A poem by Carl Sandburg


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Carl Sandburg - Stars, Songs, Faces

GATHER the stars if you wish it so.
Gather the songs and keep them.
Gather the faces of women.
Gather for keeping years and years.
  
  And then …
Loosen your hands, let go and say good-by.
  Let the stars and songs go.
  Let the faces and years go.
  Loosen your hands and say good-by.

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Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 9. Stars, Songs, Faces Volume: Smoke and Steel - V. Mist Forms Year: Published/Written in 1922 Comment 1 of 1, added on June 23rd, 2008 at 1:45 PM. I think the first stanza of this poem refers to the endless wishes of human beings. The second stanza represents that these wishes are not permanent because even if we have all the riches of the world,we will have to leave them for good. Farideh Abed from Iran More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Stars, Songs, Faces, 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: 9. Stars, Songs, Faces Volume: Smoke and Steel - V. Mist Forms Year: Published/Written in 1922 Last read: Jul 8 2008, 8:37AM Viewed 2098 times. Added on June 23rd, 2008 at 1:45 PM.

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