Slabs of the Sunburnt West

Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois.


By : Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)

01 - The Windy City



02 - Washington Monument by Night



03 - And So To-day



04 - Black Horizons



05 - Sea Slant



06 - Upstream



07 - Four Steichen Prints



08 - Fins



09 - Beat, Old Heart



10 - Moon Riders



11 - At the Gates of Tombs



12 - Hazardous Occupations



13 - Props



14 - Gypsy Mother



15 - Gold Mud



16 - Crossing the Paces



17 - Couples



18 - Caligari



19 - Feather Lights



20 - Pearl Horizons



21 - Hoof Dusk



22 - Harsk, Harsk



23 - Brancusi



24 - Ambassadors of Grief



25 - Without the Cane and the Derby



26 - The Rakeoff and the Getaway



27 - Two Humpties



28 - Improved Farm Land



29 - Hell on the Wabash



30 - This -- For the Moon -- Yes?



31 - Primer Lesson



32 - Slabs of the Sunburnt West

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