POETRY IS AND ECHO ASKING A SHADOW TO DANCE Carl Sandburg INEXORABLY IN LOVE It’s a long journey my Love,The one that whispers your name In the rustling leavesAnd the humming windscattering my longingsin the morning mist In the kiss of the Earthto the rising Warmthand the chirping of hopesScurrying a promise of love It’s…
POETRY IS AND ECHO ASKING A SHADOW TO DANCE Carl Sandburg WALLS Erected in Clay, Wood and StoneHay, leaves, water and bonesSoft and permeableFlowing gownsThick and strongAncients oaths Unfathomable boundariesContaining, confining, protectingHigh or low our gaze will go fluttering signs, scrapes and stainsBleeding timeTrails of talesHanging here and thereHere and everywhere Changing lines and shapesHues…
POETRY IS AND ECHO ASKING A SHADOW TO DANCE Carl Sandburg FATE For a thousand years and many livesThe seasons have seen your smilePearly teeth of moonlightWaxing crescentBrighter than starsFlowing rivers search the banksWhere sand imprints hold handsThe eclipse shall comeWho knows for how longYet Dawn breeds hopeAnd waters the old tropeThe rope my loveYour…
POETRY IS AND ECHO ASKING A SHADOW TO DANCE Carl Sandburg A WORLD WITHOUT A VIEW A miasma of ignoranceHas befallen usCreeping stems of folly and greedAssembled the trussOverpowering decay of loose morals and hateSeething through gashes of laziness and envyDisguise as fate Deleterious rumorsCluster aboveRaining the acid drops enfeebling hopeWhen shall it stop?The miasma…
POETRY IS AND ECHO ASKING A SHADOW TO DANCE Carl Sandburg WORM MOON GLANCES Invisible wriggling doddles the sceneSubtle shifts on the level of the unseen From the frost-crusted stillness Early stirrings draw Up and DownOh! Earth writes poetry and wears the crownLight and Dark call a truce Disputes set down rootsIce monsters perish Under…
POETRY IS AND ECHO ASKING A SHADOW TO DANCE Carl Sandburg ONCE AND AGAIN Once and againI remembered to be myselfTo open upReveal the holesBuilding upDeep in my soulWhat makes me wholeWhat craves controlThe lifeless hopeThat shall turn gold Once and againI redeemed the IThe dreams of landsWhere freedom expandsThe working handsFollowing demandsDressed in strandsOf…
POETRY IS AND ECHO ASKING A SHADOW TO DANCE Carl Sandburg HATS Looking the mirrorwhat do you see?Ghostly desiresStanding stillGrayish lightSubduing reliefs Looking at the mirrorWhat do you see?History engravesA design of its ownIntanglio of wonderStruggles and love Looking at the mirrorWhat do you see?Power in feltGentle yet firmThoughts hauled upSwirled on a streamThe frail…
POETRY IS AND ECHO ASKING A SHADOW TO DANCE Carl Sandburg CREATIVE ANGUISH Good or Bad…Enforces a haltGood or bad…Limits my lightGood or Bad…It rests, won’t addGood or Bad…Drives me mad Good or Bad…Useless fadGood or Bad…Such toll demandsGood or Bad…I won’t be draggedGood or Bad…A nightmare land… Good or Bad…Fear stabbedGood or Bad…Emotions crammedGood…
POETRY IS AND ECHO ASKING A SHADOW TO DANCE Carl Sandburg EXISTENTIAL QUESTION Without her?I flounder Without herFear’s louder? Without her?Little’s the power Without her?Life goes sour Without her?Love withers as flowers Without her?Lost is the beacon-tower Without her?Without my soul? I am lost,I cower