Carl Sandburg

Letters to Dead Imagists

EMILY DICKINSON:
You gave us the bumble bee who has a soul,
The everlasting traveler among the hollyhocks,
And how God plays around a back yard garden.
 
    STEVIE CRANE:
War is kind and we never knew the kindness of war till
         you came;
Nor the black riders and clashes of spear and shield out
         of the sea,
Nor the mumblings and shots that rise from dreams on
         call.
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