About Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 - July 22, 1967) was an American poet, writer, and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln.

“Fire Dreams”

By |2023-11-22T23:00:21-06:00November 25th, 2021|Categories: Literature, Poetry, Thanksgiving|

(Written to be read aloud, if so be, Thanksgiving Day) I remember here by the fire, In the flickering reds and saffrons, They came in a ramshackle tub, Pilgrims in tall hats, Pilgrims of iron jaws, Drifting by weeks on beaten seas, And the random chapters say They were glad and sang to God. [...]

Who Am I?

By |2015-12-04T12:50:37-06:00December 13th, 2015|Categories: Poetry|

My head knocks against the stars. My feet are on the hilltops. My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life. Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny. I have been to hell and back many times. I know all about heaven, [...]

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