Back Yard - A poem by Carl Sandburg


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Carl Sandburg - Back Yard

Shine on, O moon of summer.
Shine to the leaves of grass, catalpa and oak,
All silver under your rain to-night.

An Italian boy is sending songs to you to-night from an
     accordion.
A Polish boy is out with his best girl; they marry next
     month; to-night they are throwing you kisses.

An old man next door is dreaming over a sheen that sits
     in a cherry tree in his back yard.

The clocks say I must go--I stay here sitting on the
     back porch drinking white thoughts you rain down.

          Shine on, O moon,
Shake out more and more silver changes.

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Poet: Carl Sandburg Poem: 9. Back Yard Volume: Chicago Poems - Fogs and Fires Year: Published/Written in 1916 Last read: 2013-06-18 19:23:45 Poem of the Day: Jan 29 2006 Viewed 6371 times. Added Feb 20 2003.

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