Lost by Carl Sandburg

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend October 8, 2016   Lost   Carl Sandburg

Desolate and lone All night long on the lake Where fog trails and mist creeps, The whistle of a boat Calls and cries unendingly, Like some lost child In tears and trouble Hunting the harbor's breast And the harbor's eyes.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Lost" was published in Chicago Poems (Henry Holt and Company, 1916).   Carl Sandburg was born on January 6, 1878, in Galesburg, Illinois. His collections of poetry include Cornhuskers (Henry Holt and Company, 1918), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1919, and Smoke and Steel (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920). He died on July 22, 1967.   Photo credit: Elizabeth Buehrmann Poetry by Sandburg   Selected Poems  (Mariner Books, 1996)  "Garden Abstract" by Hart Crane "Strawberrying" by May Swenson "The Sun in Bemidji, Minnesota" by Sean Hill Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038

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