Good Night
- Many ways to say good night.
- Fireworks at a pier on the Fourth of July
- spell it with red wheels and yellow spokes.
- They fizz in the air, touch the water and quit.
- Rockets make a trajectory of gold-and-blue
- and then go out.
- Railroad trains at night spell with a smokestack mushrooming a white pillar.
- Steamboats turn a curve in the Mississippi crying a baritone that crosses lowland cottonfields to razorback hill.
- It is easy to spell good night.
- Many ways to spell good night.
- Carl Sandburg
| This poem was featured this week on YourDailyPoem.com. It seemed appropriate for these relaxed, lazy summer days and nights here in the US. It is wonderful to have a slower pace, no early morning meetings, and time with family and friends. Even though our Fourth of July plans were rained out, I love this atmospheric, quintessentially American poem. Hope you're enjoying your summer! Here's today's Poetry Friday roundup. |
10 comments:
I saw this, Ruth. Sandburg has so many apt poems for us, doesn't he? It is a lazy time and I love rising a little later, not running out to work. Thanks!
I love this poem, and I'm so glad you shared it. I saw a barge this morning, headed to the Mississippi -- not nearly as picturesque as a steamboat, but impressive all the same.
Love the many ways to say/spell goodnight. Thanks for sharing.
I love watching barges on the bayou, Keri.
Perfect...lazy July nights, indeed!
Those fireworks spell LOTS besides just goodnight! The ones I saw spelled joy, independence, excitement, and SUMMER!
I've never appreciated Sandburg until recently--this poem is a keeper!
This is a perfect July poem. Love all these different ways to say good night. Now that you mention YDP I realize I haven't gotten it for about a week. Hmmm.
"They fizz in the air"
How true.
Your poem reminds me to dust off my book of Sandburg and see what other gems are in it.
I'm not a teacher, but this poem seems to me like a great kick-off exercise for a classroom. What are some other ways to say good night, or good morning, or whatever. I might try that exercise myself, in fact!
Wonderful. Thanks for sharing it. I too love the slower pace of summer.
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