Carl Sandburg Best Poems - April 2024

The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg

The definitive edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. “A marvelous prosody, a perfect ear for the beautiful potentials of common speech, something he learned from folk song, but mostly he learned from just listening” (Kenneth Rexroth).

• ASIN: 0151009961
• ASIN: 0151009961
• ISBN: 0151009961
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Chicago Poems: Unabridged (Dover Thrift Editions)

Chicago Poems (1916) was Carl Sandburg's first-published book of verse. Written in the poet's unique, personal idiom, these poems embody a soulfulness, lyric grace, and a love of and compassion for the common man that earned Sandburg a reputation as a "poet of the people."Among the dozens of poems in this collection are such well-known verses as "Chicago," "Fog," "To a Contemporary Bunkshooter," "Who Am I?" and "Under the Harvest Moon," as well as numerous others on themes of war, immigrant life, death, love, loneliness, and the beauty of nature. These early poems reveal the simplicity of styl... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486280578
• UPC: 800759280575
• ASIN: 0486280578
• ISBN: 0486280578
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #23)

With the publication of Chicago Poems in 1916, Carl Sandburg became one of the most famous poets in America: the voice of a Midwestern literary revolt, fusing free-verse poetics with hard-edged journalistic observation and energetic, sometimes raucous protest. By the time his first book appeared, Sandburg had been many things—a farm hand, a soldier in the Spanish-American War, an active Socialist, a newspaper reporter and movie reviewer—and he was determined to write poetry that would explode the genteel conventions of contemporary verse. His poems are populated by factory workers, washe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159853100X
• ASIN: 159853100X
• ISBN: 9781598531008
• Brand: Library of America
• Manufacturer: Library of America

Selected Poems

This new collection of Sandburg’s finest and most representative poetry draws on all of his previous volumes and includes four unpublished poems about Lincoln. The Hendricks’ comprehensive introduction discusses how Sandburg’s life and beliefs colored his work and why it continues to resonate so deeply with americans today. Edited and with an Introduction by George and Willene Hendrick.

• ASIN: 0156003961
• ASIN: 0156003961
• ISBN: 0156003961
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg

"The surrealistic illustrations, which appear to be rendered in pastels, are appealing; the soft edges and warm tones work well with Sandburg's imaginery."--SLJ. "The full-color illustrations are nothing short of breathtaking."--Parents. "...displays the range of everyday topics in which Sandburg found beauty, humor, or pathos....Unfamiliar words are helpfully defined in footnotes...and an introductory biographical essay establishes a context for the poems. Arcella makes a grand debut; his intensely colored sculptural forms, carved from dramatic shadows, have a distinctly '30s look to them....... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0806908181
• ASIN: 0806908181
• ISBN: 0806908181
• Manufacturer: Sterling

Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg

Travel around the United States with Carl Sandburg, the twentieth-century poet who has been called the voice of America. Visit rural back roads and busy cities, and meet friendly animals and ordinary people going about their daily lives. More than thirty of his wonderful poems are presented here, along with illustrations that capture the spirit of his words.

• ASIN: 140275471X
• ASIN: 140275471X
• ISBN: 140275471X
• Manufacturer: Sterling

101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)

Focusing on popular verse from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this treasury of great American poems offers a taste of the nation's rich poetic legacy. Selected for both popularity and literary quality, the compilation includes Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing," and Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn," as well as poems by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and many other notables.Chosen by the non-profit organization American Poetry & Literacy Project, these much-loved verses include 13 sele... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486401588
• UPC: 800759401581
• ASIN: 0486401588
• ISBN: 0486401588
• Brand: Dover Publications
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

The Best of Poetry: Thoughts that Breathe and Words that Burn: In Two Hundred Poems

Here are 200 of the most beautiful and best-loved poems in the English language collected and arranged especially for Kindle readers. The design of this anthology is inspired by the structure of a sonnet, with 14 Poems for 14 Themes:Love; Parting and Sorrow; Inspiration; Mystery and Enigma; Humour and Curiosities; Rapture; A Door Opens, A Door Closes; Memory; Tales and Songs; Nature; Cities; Solitude; Contemplation; and Animals. There are poems for every mood and occasion, and alongside the more famous works, are some lesser known gems of English poetry.Included are masterpieces by Shakespeare... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00MDFG7HA
• ASIN: B00MDFG7HA
• Manufacturer: Elsinore Books

Harvest Poems: 1910-1960

A representative selection of poems, culled from the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet’s published verse, plus thirteen poems appearing in book form for the first time. “[Sandburg’s poetry] is independent, honest, direct, lyric, and it endures, clamorous and muted, magical as life itself” (New York Times). Introduction by Mark Van Doren.

• ASIN: 0156391252
• ASIN: 0156391252
• ISBN: 0156391252
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years

Originally published in six volumes, Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln was called “the greatest historical biography of our generation.” Sandburg distilled this work into one volume that became the definitive life of Lincoln. Index; photographs.

• ASIN: 0156027526
• ASIN: 0156027526
• ISBN: 0156027526
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Imagekind Wall Art Print Entitled Carl Sandburg Poem and Poster by I.M. Spadecaller | 6 x 10

Gallery-Wrapped Canvas entitled 'Carl Sandburg Poem and Poster'. A poem entitled "Grass" by Carl Sandburg is inscribed on this spadecaller image of old and lose railroad spikes and a long blade of grass swaying in the forefront. This poem was written in 1918: "Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me workâ€" I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them high at Gettysburg And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Shovel them under and let me work. Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor: What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass. Let... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07F1TZVMS
• ASIN: B07F1TZVMS
• Brand: Imagekind
• Size: 6" x 10"
• Manufacturer: Imagekind

Honey and Salt Pa

In this outstanding collection of seventy-seven poems, Sandburg eloquently celebrates the themes that engaged him as a poet for more than half a century of writing- life, love, and death. Strongly lyrical, these intensely honest poems testify to human courage, frailty, and tenderness and to the enduring wonders of nature.

• ASIN: 0156421658
• ASIN: 0156421658
• ISBN: 0156421658
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Harvest Books

Carl Sandburg Shirt - Famous Poets and Writers Shirt Raglan Baseball Tee

Poetry, lyrics, or spoken word, let this face and silhouette of your favorite writer, inspire your writing and reading world.

• ASIN: B07RCNQD86
• ASIN: B07RCNQD86
• Brand: Gifts For Writers, Book Reader Gifts
• Size: Male Small
• Manufacturer: Gifts For Writers, Book Reader Gifts

About Carl Sandburg / Theme in Yellow

• ASIN: B06XHT7G5F
• ASIN: B06XHT7G5F
• Manufacturer: Well-Trained Mind Press

Listen to the Warm (Deluxe Edition)

Listen to the Warm was the bestselling poetry book of all time; this 1967 release set selected poems to music and became Rod McKuen's first charting album. Our Real Gone reissue presents over a dozen bonus tracks all never before available in the U.S. that in effect create an unreleased Listen To The Warm Volume Two! Original album art and some latter-day reflections from Rod complete the package.

• ASIN: B00ANDCYSA
• UPC: 848064001256
• ASIN: B00ANDCYSA
• Manufacturer: Real Gone Music

Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems : (American Poets Project #23)

9781598531008

• UPC: 5063337
• Rating: 3.0

The Sandburg Treasury : Prose and Poetry for Young People

An illustrated volume of all of Carl Sandburg's books for young readers: Rootabaga Stories, Early Moon, Wind Song, Prairie-Town Boy, and Abe Lincoln Grows Up. Introduction by Paula

• UPC: 53324798
• Rating: 1.0

Chicago Poems

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits,

• UPC: 53582922
• Rating: 4.0

Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg

Travel around the United States with Carl Sandburg, the twentieth-century poet who has been called the voice of America. Visit rural back roads and busy cities, and meet friendly animals and ordinary people going about

• UPC: 7961334
• Rating: 5.0

100 Best Poems for Children

Books : 100 Best Poems for Children (Puffin Poetry)

• UPC: 772242114
• Rating: 5.0

Best Loved Poems of American People

Collection of the most popular American poems grouped by subject including Love and friendship, Inspiration, and Faith and

• UPC: 461703
• Rating: 4.667

Chicago Poems

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Henry Holt,

• UPC: 12515854
• Rating: 4.0

Selected Poems

A collection of 166 previously unpublished and uncollected poems on such topics as Chicago, Lincoln, African-Americans, love, and

• UPC: 512107
• Rating: 4.0

The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's favorite poems are collected here, selected by her daughter, including the work of Rudyard Kipling, William Shakespeare, Homer, Yeats, and Emily Dickinson, among others. 250,000 first

• UPC: 43151806
• Rating: 4.25

Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg - eBook

Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, writer, and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes.Rootabaga Stories (1922) is a children's book of interrelated short stories by Carl Sandburg.

• UPC: 863512271