TWO fishes swimming in the sea,
Two birds flying in the air,
Two chisels on an anvil—maybe.
Beaten, hammered, laughing blue steel to each other—maybe.
Sure I would rather be a chisel with you than a fish.
Sure I would rather be a chisel with you than a bird.
Take these two chisel-pals, O God.
Take ‘em and beat ‘em, hammer ‘em, hear ‘em laugh.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Carl Sandburg's poem Laughing Blue Steel

1 Comment

  1. Jessica says:

    Interesting. Differrent. Nice. Good Job. Original.

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