Buckwheat - A poem by Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg - Buckwheat

1THERE was a late autumn cricket,
And two smoldering mountain sunsets
Under the valley roads of her eyes.
  
There was a late autumn cricket,
A hangover of summer song,
Scraping a tune
Of the late night clocks of summer,
In the late winter night fireglow,
This in a circle of black velvet at her neck.
  
2In pansy eyes a flash, a thin rim of white light, a beach bonfire ten miles across dunes, a speck of a fool star in
night’s half circle of velvet.
  
In the corner of the left arm a dimple, a mole, a forget-me-not, and it fluttered a hummingbird wing, a blur in the honey-red
clover, in the honey-white buckwheat.

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Buckwheat - Comments and Information
Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 38. Buckwheat Volume: Smoke and Steel - V. Mist Forms Year: Published/Written in 1922 Poem of the Day: Nov 9 2012 Comment 3 of 3, added on November 9th, 2012 at 3:23 AM. comment Stroll Near a War Cemetery: Sprouting amid fresh green grass Stones All lulled within peaceful green grove, Sleeping below, the brave soldiers’ bones And between the graves there flutters a dove Feathers and the bones hear no cacophony Here in melodious calm lay a war cemetery And I every day walk near the place Quietude and white stones within greenery admire And long for the resting space No shriek there up or low and no lust of desire And no fighting voices of cacophony And none of the shadows in the city Then the tombs I leave behind and a song And walk into confusion of vertical tall stones Here and there echo the footsteps of a throng And hollow speech of the competing tones And dream of the morning walk I carry Of tomorrow’s stroll near the war cemetery Altair Laahad (All Rights Reserved) Altair Laahad Comment 2 of 3, added on March 14th, 2006 at 10:00 PM. I'm doing a project, and I have to find poems that have to do with circles, and this poem would work because it repetes things over and over. It also works because mentions circles and I think this this is a nice interesting poem that I could use for it ! Thank you! Jasmine from United States Comment 1 of 3, added on September 15th, 2005 at 12:35 AM. Hello Dear Mr. and Ms. how are you/ we are large trade company in caucasas and we want to cooparate with you. We are greatly intereste din your products, in buckwheat.Please be so kind and sen us the orises of your product.send us the prises and after we will make the order. Thank you beforehand Best regards Miss. Natia Natia from Georgia, Republic of More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Buckwheat, has received 3 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

Poem Info
Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 38. Buckwheat Volume: Smoke and Steel - V. Mist Forms Year: Published/Written in 1922 Last read: May 22 2013, 12:46PM Poem of the Day: Nov 9 2012 Viewed 3157 times. Added Feb 4 2004.

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