(6 January 1878 – 22 July 1967 / Illinois)

poet Carl Sandburg
#35 on top 500 poets

Poems of Carl Sandburg

181. Street Window 1/3/2003
182. Style 1/13/2003
183. Subway 1/13/2003
184. Summer Stars 1/3/2003
185. Sunset From Omaha Hotel Window 1/3/2003
186. The Answer 1/3/2003
187. The Great Hunt 1/3/2003
188. The Hangman at Home 1/3/2003
189. The Harbor 1/3/2003
190. The Has-Been 1/3/2003
191. The Junk Man 1/3/2003
192. The Mayor of Gary 1/3/2003
193. The Mist 1/3/2003
194. The Noon Hour 1/3/2003
195. The Red Son 1/13/2003
196. The Right To Grief 1/13/2003
197. The Road and the End 1/3/2003
198. The Shovel Man 1/13/2003
199. The Walking Man Of Rodin 1/13/2003
200. The Year 1/3/2003

Aprons of Silence

Many things I might have said today.
And I kept my mouth shut.
So many times I was asked
To come and say the same things
Everybody was saying, no end
To the yes-yes, yes-yes,
me-too, me-too.

The aprons of silence covered me.

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