Today is the second Bloggers ( Silent) Poetry Reading. This has always been one of my favorites.
SOUP
I saw a famous man eating soup.
I say he was lifting a fat broth
Into his mouth with a spoon.
His name was in the newspapers that day
Spelled out in tall black headlines
And thousands of people were talking about him.
When I saw him,
He sat bending his head over a plate
Putting soup in his mouth with a spoon.
--Carl Sandburg
((This is a corrected attribution---as Seymour pointed out. Thank you, baby boy.)
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4 comments:
I love both Sandberg and Frost. Quintessential poets of their time.
Love your blog! Your student was a great interviewer - you have taught him well. Can't wait to read the story about the best subject ever: Knitting!
Yes, Urban Knitters is open to anyone. I'm technically suburban myself. You should join us!
they sure do... the first thing they teach is that Carl Sandburg wrote that poem
-Seymour
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