Letter S - A poem by Carl Sandburg


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Carl Sandburg - Letter S

THE RIVER is gold under a sunset of Illinois.
It is a molten gold someone pours and changes.
A woman mixing a wedding cake of butter and eggs
Knows what the sunset is pouring on the river here.
The river twists in a letter S.
  A gold S now speaks to the Illinois sky.

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Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 9. Letter S Volume: Smoke and Steel - IX. Haze Year: Published/Written in 1922 Comment 1 of 1, added on December 7th, 2005 at 12:08 PM. it is a great poem and i think it would be cool for a poem for every letter in the alphebet. sarah dose from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Letter S, 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. Letter S Volume: Smoke and Steel - IX. Haze Year: Published/Written in 1922 Last read: Jul 23 2008, 9:05PM Viewed 1896 times. Added on December 7th, 2005 at 12:08 PM.

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