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Texts by C. Sandburg set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)

Text Collections:

  • Chicago Poems
  • Cornhuskers
  • Good Morning, America
  • Honey and Salt
  • Slabs of the Sunburnt West
  • Smoke and Steel
  • The People, Yes
  • Wind Song

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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  • A. E. F. (There will be a rusty gun on the wall, sweetheart) (from Smoke and Steel)
  • Alike and ever alike (Everywhere is love and love-making, weddings and babies) - M. Hennagin
  • Anna Imroth (Cross the hands over the breast here - so) SWE
  • Anna Imroth (Korsa händerna här över bröstet så) - G. Paulson
  • Are you happy? It’s the only - S. Sargon
  • A storm of white petals (from Cornhuskers) - G. Bachlund
  • A swirl in the air where your head was once, here - M. Ippolito
  • A teamster's farewell (Good-by now to the streets and the clash of wheels and locking hubs) (from Chicago Poems) - M. Smith
  • Baby face (White Moon comes in on a baby face)
  • Baby Toes (There is a blue star, Janet) (from Smoke and Steel) - C. Bricken
  • Back Yard (Shine on, O moon of summer) (from Chicago Poems) - S. Raphling
  • Beat, old heart, these are the old bars (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - V. Weigl (Beat, Old Heart)
  • Beat, old heart (Beat, old heart, these are the old bars) (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - V. Weigl
  • Be Careful What You Say () - L. Pfautsch [x] *
  • Because I have called to you (from Smoke and Steel) - W. Golde (Calls)
  • Bees and a honeycornb in the dried head (from Cornhuskers) - R. Crawford-Seeger, W. Mellers (In Tall Grass)
  • Bend low again, night of summer stars (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund, E. Warren (Summer Stars)
  • Between two hills (Between two hills) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund, J. Hall
  • Between two hills (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund, J. Hall
  • Black horizons, come up - S. Grill
  • Black Horizons (Black horizons, come up) - S. Grill
  • Boy heart of Johnny Jones -- aching to-day? (from Cornhuskers) - I. Gertz (Buffalo Bill)
  • Bricklayer Love (I thought of killing myself because I am only a bricklayer) (from Cornhuskers) - R. Hughes
  • Broken sky () (from Good Morning, America) - R. Green [x] *
  • Buffalo Bill (Boy heart of Johnny Jones -- aching to-day?) (from Cornhuskers) - I. Gertz
  • Büffel () - B. Rövenstrunck [x] ⊗
  • Bury this old Illinois farmer with respect - R. Sowash (Illinois Farmer)
  • Bury this old Ohio farmer with respect (Illinois Farmer) - R. Sowash
  • Cahoots (Play it across the table) (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund, H. Swanson
  • Calls (Because I have called to you) (from Smoke and Steel) - W. Golde
  • Chamfort (There's Chamfort. He's a sample) (from Chicago Poems) - K. Erickson
  • Changing light winds - E. Alexander, D. Epstein (Changing Light Winds) *
  • Chatter of birds two by two raises a night song (from Cornhuskers) - E. Helm, J. Wolfe (Prairie Waters by Night)
  • Chicago (Hog Butcher for the World) (from Chicago Poems) - M. Klein, R. Morse, L. Ultan
  • Chick Lorimer: Gone (Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town) (from Chicago Poems) - A. Wilder
  • Child moon (The child’s wonder) - J. Hall
  • Choose (The single clenched fist lifted and ready) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund
  • Clark Street Bridge (Dust of the feet) (from Chicago Poems) - J. Beach
  • Come on, superstition, and get my goat (from The People, Yes) - E. Russ (Come on, superstition, and get my goat) [x] *
  • Come on, Superstition (Come on, superstition, and get my goat) (from The People, Yes) - E. Russ [x] *
  • Come you, cartoonists (from Chicago Poems) - S. Raphling (Halsted Street Car)
  • Cool prayers (I was born on the prairie and the milk of its wheat) (from Cornhuskers) - L. Foss
  • Cool Tombs (When Abraham Lincoln was shoveled into the tombs, he forgot) (from Cornhuskers) - W. Mellers, S. Raphling
  • Cool your heels on the rail of an observation car (from Cornhuskers) - H. Swanson (Still Life)
  • Crapshooters (Somebody loses whenever somebody wins) (from Smoke and Steel) GER
  • Cross the hands over the breast here - so SWE (Anna Imroth) -
  • Dämmerung () - B. Rövenstrunck [x] ⊗
  • Das Ende () - B. Rövenstrunck [x] ⊗
  • Daybreak () (from Wind Song) - P. Pisk [x]
  • Death comes once, let it be easy (from Smoke and Steel) - W. Mellers (Finish)
  • Death is stronger than all the governments (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund, V. Weigl (Death snips proud men)
  • Death snips proud men by the nose (Death is stronger than all the governments) (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund, V. Weigl
  • Death snips proud men (Death is stronger than all the governments) (from Smoke and Steel)
  • Desolate and lone (from Chicago Poems) - D. Hagen, R. Hughes, H. Matthews, M. Smith, R. Strassburg, C. Van Buskirk, J. Wolfe (Lost)
  • Dunes (What do we see here in the sand dunes of the white moon alone with our thoughts, Bill) - M. Ippolito
  • Dust of the feet (from Chicago Poems) - J. Beach (Clark Street Bridge)
  • Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town (from Chicago Poems) - K. Erickson, R. Hughes, S. Raphling, A. Wilder (Gone)
  • Everywhere is love and love-making, weddings and babies - M. Hennagin
  • Fall yellow (I spot the hills) (from Chicago Poems) - D. Epstein
  • Finish (Death comes once, let it be easy) (from Smoke and Steel) - W. Mellers
  • Fins (Plow over bars of sea plowing) (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - V. Weigl
  • Fling your red scarf faster and faster, dancer - J. Hall
  • Flux (Sand of the sea runs red) - M. Ippolito
  • Fog (The fog comes) (from Chicago Poems) - E. Bacon, D. Epstein, R. Green, R. Harris, A. Hovhaness, H. Irwin, H. Matthews, W. Nash, S. Raphling, P. Schwartz, T. Somervell, L. Stone GER GER
  • Follies (Shaken) - J. Hall
  • For the gladness here where the sun is shining (from Chicago Poems) - H. Mollincone (Our prayer of thanks)
  • For You (The peace of great doors be for you) (from Smoke and Steel)
  • Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind (The woman named To-morrow) (from Smoke and Steel) - S. Paulus, M. Tilson Thomas
  • From the Far Corners (From the four corners of the earth) (from The People, Yes) - V. Weigl [x]
  • From the four corners of the earth (from The People, Yes) - V. Weigl (From the four corners of the earth) [x]
  • Gather the stars if you wish it so (from Smoke and Steel) - J. Beyer (Stars, Songs, Faces)
  • God gets up in the morning (from Honey and Salt) - E. Alexander (God Is No Gentleman) *
  • God is No Gentleman (God gets up in the morning) (from Honey and Salt) - E. Alexander *
  • Gone (Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town) (from Chicago Poems) - K. Erickson, R. Hughes, S. Raphling
  • Good-by now to the streets and the clash of wheels and locking hubs (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund, M. Smith (A teamster's farewell)
  • Good Morning, America () (from Good Morning, America) - E. Warren [x]
  • Government (The Government -- I heard about the Government and) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund
  • Grass (Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo) (from Cornhuskers) - F. Hart, F. Heath, T. Kroll
  • Great Memories (Sea sunsets, give us keepsakes) - E. Warren
  • Halsted Street Car (Come you, cartoonists) (from Chicago Poems) - S. Raphling
  • Hands here, hands gnarled as thorntree roots - M. Hennagin *
  • Hands here (Hands here, hands gnarled as thorntree roots) - M. Hennagin *
  • Happiness (I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund
  • Haze gold (Sun, you may send your haze gold) (from Good Morning, America) - P. Glass, J. Hall *
  • Hog Butcher for the World (from Chicago Poems) - M. Klein, R. Morse, L. Ultan (Chicago)
  • Home thoughts (The sea rocks have a green moss) (from Smoke and Steel) - R. Crawford-Seeger
  • Honky Tonk in Cleveland, Ohio (It's a jazz affair, drum crashes and coronet razzes) (from Smoke and Steel)
  • Honky Tonk (It's a jazz affair, drum crashes and coronet razzes) (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund
  • Huntington sleeps in a house six feet long (from Cornhuskers) - G. Bachlund (Southern Pacific)
  • I am a copper wire slung in the air (from Chicago Poems) - S. Raphling (Under a telephone pole)
  • I am glad God saw Death (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund, H. Swanson, G. Youse (The Junk Man)
  • I am riding on a limited express - W. Mayer (Limited)
  • I am singing to you (from Chicago Poems) - M. Hennagin, V. Weigl (Killers)
  • I am the people -- the mob -- the crowd -- the mass (from Chicago Poems) - H. Weiss (I am the people, the mob)
  • I am the people, the mob (I am the people -- the mob -- the crowd -- the mass) (from Chicago Poems)
  • I am the people (I am the people -- the mob -- the crowd -- the mass) (from Chicago Poems) - H. Weiss
  • I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund
  • I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life (from Chicago Poems)
  • If the oriole calls like last year - J. Hall
  • I have love (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund (Losses)
  • I have seen/ the old gods go
  • I have seen - G. Bachlund
  • Illinois Farmer (Bury this old Illinois farmer with respect)
  • Incantation (The peace of great doors be for you) (from Smoke and Steel) - J. Wallach
  • In Tall Grass (Bees and a honeycornb in the dried head) (from Cornhuskers) - R. Crawford-Seeger, W. Mellers
  • In the folded and quiet yesterdays (In the folded and quiet yesterdays) (from The People, Yes) - E. Robinson [x] *
  • In the loam we sleep (from Cornhuskers) - G. Bachlund, R. Crawford-Seeger (Loam)
  • In the old deep sing-song - E. Hugh-Jones (Old deep sing-song) [x] *
  • I sang to you and the moon (I sang to you and the moon) (from Chicago Poems) - K. Erickson
  • I sang to you and the moon (from Chicago Poems) - E. Alexander, G. Bachlund, K. Erickson, M. Ippolito (I sang)
  • I sang (I sang to you and the moon) (from Chicago Poems) - E. Alexander, G. Bachlund, M. Ippolito
  • I saw the famous man eating soup (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund (Soup)
  • I spot the hills (from Chicago Poems) - D. Epstein, J. Hall (Theme in yellow)
  • I thought of killing myself because I am only a bricklayer (from Cornhuskers) - R. Hughes (Bricklayer Love)
  • I too have a garret of old playthings (from Cornhuskers) - E. Alexander (Upstairs)
  • It's a jazz affair, drum crashes and coronet razzes (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund (Honky Tonk in Cleveland, Ohio)
  • I was born on the prairie and the milk of its wheat (from Cornhuskers) - L. Foss, N. Lockwood (Prairie)
  • I wish to God I never saw you, Mag (from Chicago Poems) - C. Ives, S. Kagen, S. Raphling (Mag)
  • Jack was a swarthy, swaggering son-of-a-gun (from Chicago Poems) - K. Erickson (Jack)
  • Jack (Jack was a swarthy, swaggering son-of-a-gun) (from Chicago Poems) - K. Erickson
  • Joy (Let a joy keep you) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund, R. Crawford-Seeger
  • Killers (I am singing to you) (from Chicago Poems) - M. Hennagin, V. Weigl
  • Korsa händerna här över bröstet så - G. Paulson
  • Kreisler (Sell me a violin, mister, of old mysterious wood) (from Cornhuskers) - S. Grill
  • Lamentations (The woman named To-morrow) (from Smoke and Steel) - E. Erickson
  • Lay me on an anvil, O God (from Cornhuskers) - P. Christiansen, R. Crawford-Seeger, R. Hughes, J. Spencer (Prayers of Steel)
  • Leaves of poplars pick Japanese prints against the west - M. Ippolito
  • Let a joy keep you (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund, R. Crawford-Seeger (Joy)
  • Limited (I am riding on a limited express) - W. Mayer
  • Listen a while, the moon is a lovely woman, a lonely woman, lost in a (from Smoke and Steel) - M. Ippolito, W. Schuman (Night Stuff)
  • Listen a while, the moon is a lovely woman, a lonely woman (from Smoke and Steel) (Night Stuff) - M. Ippolito, W. Schuman
  • Little Girl, Be Careful What You Say () [x] *
  • Loam (In the loam we sleep) (from Cornhuskers) - G. Bachlund, R. Crawford-Seeger
  • Long ago I learned how to sleep (from Smoke and Steel) - P. Glass, F. Koch (Wind Song)
  • Look out how you use proud words (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - G. Bachlund (Primer Lesson)
  • Losses (I have love) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund
  • Lost (Desolate and lone) (from Chicago Poems) - D. Hagen, R. Hughes, H. Matthews, M. Smith, R. Strassburg, C. Van Buskirk, J. Wolfe
  • Love is a deep and a dark and a lonely () (from Honey and Salt) - R. Starer [x] *
  • Mag (I wish to God I never saw you, Mag) (from Chicago Poems) - C. Ives, S. Kagen, S. Raphling
  • Mamie beat her head against the bars of a little Indiana (from Chicago Poems) - S. Raphling (Mamie)
  • Mamie (Mamie beat her head against the bars of a little Indiana) (from Chicago Poems) - S. Raphling
  • Manual system (Mary has a thingamajig clamped on her ears) (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund
  • Mary has a thingamajig clamped on her ears (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund (Manual system)
  • Mask (Fling your red scarf faster and faster, dancer) - J. Hall
  • Maybe he believes me, maybe not (from Good Morning, America) - S. Kagen, J. Musto, S. Raphling (Maybe) *
  • Maybe (Maybe he believes me, maybe not) (from Good Morning, America) - S. Kagen, J. Musto, S. Raphling *
  • Mill-Doors (You never come back) (from Chicago Poems) - N. Dello Joio, M. Silberstein
  • Monotone (The monotone of the rain is beautiful) (from Chicago Poems) - M. Ippolito
  • Monoton (The monotone of the rain is beautiful) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Davisson, N. Lockwood
  • Moonset (Leaves of poplars pick Japanese prints against the west) - M. Ippolito
  • My shirt is a token and symbol (from Smoke and Steel) - E. Lang (Shirt)
  • My Shirt, Song for a Sailor (My shirt is a token and symbol) (from Smoke and Steel) - E. Lang
  • Nebel kommen auf Katzenfüßen (Text: Anonymous after Carl Sandburg)
  • Nebel kommen - B. Blacher (Text: Anonymous after Carl Sandburg)
  • Nebel (Nebel kommen) - B. Blacher (Text: Anonymous after Carl Sandburg)
  • Nebel () - B. Rövenstrunck [x]
  • Nightsong () (from Wind Song) - P. Pisk [x] *
  • Night Stuff (Listen a while, the moon is a lovely woman, a lonely woman, lost in a) (from Smoke and Steel) - M. Ippolito, W. Schuman
  • Nocturn cabbage () (from Good Morning, America) - R. Green [x] *
  • Nocturne in a Deserted Brickyard (Stuff of the moon) (from Chicago Poems) - D. Epstein
  • Of my city the worst that men will ever say is this - M. Silberstein (They Will Say)
  • Oh Angel (On Lang Syne Plantation they had a prayer) (from The People, Yes) - R. Starer [x] *
  • Ohio Farmer (Bury this old Illinois farmer with respect) - R. Sowash
  • Old deep sing-song (In the old deep sing-song) - E. Hugh-Jones [x] *
  • Omaha (Red barns and red heifers spot the green) (from Smoke and Steel) - E. Bacon
  • On Lang Syne Plantation they had a prayer (from The People, Yes) - R. Starer (On Lang Syne Plantation they had a prayer) [x] *
  • On up the sea slant (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - H. Clarke (Sea slant)
  • Open the door now - J. Hall
  • Our prayer of thanks (For the gladness here where the sun is shining) (from Chicago Poems) - H. Mollincone
  • Passers-by, out of your many faces (from Chicago Poems) (Passers-by) - J. Beach
  • Passers-by (Passers-by) (from Chicago Poems) - J. Beach
  • Pearl fog (Open the door now) - J. Hall
  • People, flung wide and far, born into toil, struggle, blood and dreams - M. Hennagin *
  • People (People, flung wide and far, born into toil, struggle, blood and dreams) - M. Hennagin *
  • Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo (from Cornhuskers) - F. Hart, F. Heath, T. Kroll (Grass)
  • Play it across the table (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund, H. Swanson (Cahoots)
  • Playthings of the wind (The woman named To-morrow) (from Smoke and Steel) - J. Kantor
  • Plow over bars of sea plowing (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - V. Weigl (Fins)
  • Prairie Waters by Night (Chatter of birds two by two raises a night song) (from Cornhuskers) - E. Helm, J. Wolfe
  • Prairie (I was born on the prairie and the milk of its wheat) (from Cornhuskers) - L. Foss, N. Lockwood
  • Prayers of Steel (Lay me on an anvil, O God) (from Cornhuskers) - P. Christiansen, R. Crawford-Seeger, J. Spencer
  • Primer Lesson (Look out how you use proud words) (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - G. Bachlund
  • Rat Riddles (There was a gray rat looked at me) (from Good Morning, America) - R. Crawford-Seeger *
  • Red barns and red heifers spot the green (from Smoke and Steel) - E. Bacon (Omaha)
  • Red-Headed Girl (Shake back your hair, O red-headed girl) (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund
  • Red-Headed Restaurant Cashier (Shake back your hair, O red-headed girl) (from Smoke and Steel) - K. Rathaus
  • Ripe corn () (from Good Morning, America) - J. Hall, W. Mellers [x] *
  • Sand of the sea runs red - M. Ippolito
  • Sea chest (There was a woman loved a man) (from Good Morning, America) - J. Musto *
  • Sea slant (On up the sea slant) (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - H. Clarke
  • Sea sunsets, give us keepsakes - E. Warren, V. Weigl
  • Sea sunsets (Sea sunsets, give us keepsakes) - V. Weigl
  • Sell me a violin, mister, of old mysterious wood (from Cornhuskers) - S. Grill
  • Shake back your hair, O red-headed girl (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund, K. Rathaus (Red-Headed Restaurant Cashier)
  • Shaken - J. Hall
  • Shine on, O moon of summer (from Chicago Poems) - S. Raphling (Back Yard)
  • Shirt (My shirt is a token and symbol) (from Smoke and Steel)
  • Sketch (The shadows of the ships) (from Chicago Poems) - M. Smith
  • Small Homes (The green bug sleeps in the white lily ear) (from Good Morning, America) - G. Bachlund, M. Oliver *
  • Snatch of Sliphorn Jazz (Are you happy? It’s the only) - S. Sargon
  • Sobs en route to a Penitentiary (Good-by now to the streets and the clash of wheels and locking hubs) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund
  • Somebody loses whenever somebody wins (from Smoke and Steel) GER (Crapshooters) -
  • Soup (I saw the famous man eating soup) (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund
  • Southern Pacific (Huntington sleeps in a house six feet long) (from Cornhuskers) - G. Bachlund
  • Special starlight () - H. Haslam [x] *
  • Splinter (The voice of the last cricket) - J. Hall GER *
  • Splitter () - B. Rövenstrunck [x]
  • Spring carries surprises (Spring grass, there is a dance to be danced for you) (from Good Morning, America) - W. Mellers *
  • Spring grass, there is a dance to be danced for you (from Good Morning, America) - E. Alexander, P. Glass, R. Kreutz, W. Mellers, V. Weigl (Spring grass) *
  • Spring grass (Spring grass, there is a dance to be danced for you) (from Good Morning, America) - E. Alexander, P. Glass, R. Kreutz, V. Weigl *
  • Stars, Songs, Faces (Gather the stars if you wish it so) (from Smoke and Steel) - J. Beyer
  • Stars () (from Wind Song) - E. Gerschefski [x] *
  • Sterne, Lieder, Gesichter () - B. Rövenstrunck [x] ⊗
  • Still Life (Cool your heels on the rail of an observation car) (from Cornhuskers) - H. Swanson
  • Stuff of the moon (from Chicago Poems) - D. Epstein (Nocturne in a Deserted Brickyard)
  • Summer grass () (from Good Morning, America) - J. Beyer, P. Glass, R. Green, W. Mellers, P. Pisk [x] *
  • Summer Stars (Bend low again, night of summer stars) (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund, E. Warren
  • Sunsets, Song for a Sailor () (from Good Morning, America) - E. Lang [x] *
  • Sunsets (There are sunsets that whisper a good-by) - R. Crawford-Seeger
  • Sunsets () (from Good Morning, America) [x] *
  • Sun, you may send your haze gold (from Good Morning, America) - P. Glass, J. Hall (Haze gold) *
  • Swirl (A swirl in the air where your head was once, here) - M. Ippolito
  • Tawny Days (These are the tawny days: your face comes back) (from Smoke and Steel) - E. Warren
  • Tawny (These are the tawny days: your face comes back) (from Smoke and Steel)
  • The child’s wonder - J. Hall
  • The fog comes on little cat feet (from Chicago Poems) GER GER (Fog) - E. Bacon, D. Epstein, R. Green, R. Harris, A. Hovhaness, H. Irwin, H. Matthews, W. Nash, S. Raphling, P. Schwartz, T. Somervell, L. Stone
  • The fog comes (from Chicago Poems) GER GER - E. Bacon, D. Epstein, R. Green, R. Harris, A. Hovhaness, H. Irwin, H. Matthews, W. Nash, S. Raphling, P. Schwartz, T. Somervell, L. Stone (Fog)
  • The gong of Time () (from Honey and Salt) - R. Starer [x] *
  • The Government -- I heard about the Government and (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund (Government)
  • The green bug sleeps in the white lily ear (from Good Morning, America) - G. Bachlund, M. Oliver (Small Homes) *
  • The grip of the ice is gone now (from Smoke and Steel) - E. Warren (The Wind Sings Welcome in Early Spring)
  • The Hammer (I have seen) - G. Bachlund
  • The hangman at home (What does the hangman think about) (from Smoke and Steel) - J. Musto
  • The Junk Man (I am glad God saw Death) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund, H. Swanson, G. Youse
  • The lawyers, Bob, know too much - G. Bachlund
  • The Lawyers Know Too Much (The lawyers, Bob, know too much) - G. Bachlund
  • Theme in yellow (I spot the hills) (from Chicago Poems) - J. Hall
  • The monotone of the rain is beautiful (from Chicago Poems) - G. Davisson, M. Ippolito, N. Lockwood (Monotone)
  • The peace of great doors be for you (from Smoke and Steel) - J. Wallach (For You)
  • The Prayer of Steel (Lay me on an anvil, O God) (from Cornhuskers) - R. Hughes
  • There are sunsets that whisper a good-by - R. Crawford-Seeger (Sunsets)
  • There is a blue star, Janet (from Smoke and Steel) - C. Bricken (Baby Toes)
  • There is only one man in the world - M. Hennagin *
  • There is only one man (There is only one man in the world) - M. Hennagin *
  • There's Chamfort. He's a sample (from Chicago Poems) - K. Erickson (Chamfort)
  • There was a gray rat looked at me (from Good Morning, America) - R. Crawford-Seeger (Rat Riddles) *
  • There was a woman loved a man (from Good Morning, America) - J. Musto (Sea chest) *
  • There will be a rusty gun on the wall, sweetheart (from Smoke and Steel) - M. Hennagin (A. E. F.)
  • These are the tawny days: your face comes back (from Smoke and Steel) - E. Warren (Tawny)
  • The sea rocks have a green moss (from Smoke and Steel) - R. Crawford-Seeger (Home Thoughts)
  • The sea-wash never ends (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund
  • The sea-wash (The sea-wash never ends) (from Smoke and Steel) - G. Bachlund
  • The shadows of the ships (from Chicago Poems) - M. Smith (Sketch)
  • The single clenched fist lifted and ready (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund (Choose)
  • The south wind says so (If the oriole calls like last year) - J. Hall
  • The stone goes straight (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - S. Raphling (Washington Monument by night)
  • The strong men keep coming on (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - G. Bachlund, C. Bricken, C. Dougherty, E. Ferguson, S. Kagen, W. Lundquist, A. Malotte (Upstream)
  • The strong men (The strong men keep coming on) (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - W. Lundquist
  • The voice of the last cricket GER - J. Hall (Splinter) *
  • The Wind Sings Welcome in Early Spring (The grip of the ice is gone now) (from Smoke and Steel)
  • The Wind Sings Welcome (The grip of the ice is gone now) (from Smoke and Steel) - E. Warren
  • The woman named To-morrow (from Smoke and Steel) - E. Erickson, J. Kantor, S. Paulus, M. Tilson Thomas (Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind)
  • The year (A storm of white petals) (from Cornhuskers) - G. Bachlund
  • They Will Say (Of my city the worst that men will ever say is this) - M. Silberstein
  • Timber moon () (from Good Morning, America) - J. Beyer, S. Raphling [x] *
  • Under a telephone pole (I am a copper wire slung in the air) (from Chicago Poems) - S. Raphling
  • Under the harvest moon (Under the harvest moon) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund, J. Hall, C. Naginski
  • Uplands in May (Wonder as of old things) (from Chicago Poems) - D. Epstein
  • Upstairs (I too have a garret of old playthings) (from Cornhuskers) - E. Alexander
  • Upstream (The strong men keep coming on) (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - G. Bachlund, C. Bricken, C. Dougherty, E. Ferguson, S. Kagen, A. Malotte
  • Washington Monument by night (The stone goes straight) (from Slabs of the Sunburnt West) - S. Raphling
  • What does the hangman think about (from Smoke and Steel) - J. Musto (The hangman at home)
  • What do we see here in the sand dunes of the white moon alone with our thoughts, Bill - M. Ippolito
  • When Abraham Lincoln was shoveled into the tombs, he forgot (from Cornhuskers) - W. Mellers, S. Raphling (Cool Tombs)
  • When Abraham Lincoln was shoveled into the tombs (from Cornhuskers) (Cool Tombs) - W. Mellers, S. Raphling
  • Whitelight (Your whitelight flashes the frost to-night) - M. Ippolito
  • White Moon comes in on a baby face - R. Crawford-Seeger (Baby face)
  • White Moon (White Moon comes in on a baby face) - R. Crawford-Seeger
  • White shoulders (Your white shoulders) (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund
  • Windscape (Changing light winds) - D. Epstein *
  • Wind Song (Long ago I learned how to sleep) (from Smoke and Steel) - P. Glass
  • Winter gold () (from Good Morning, America) - P. Glass [x] *
  • Wonder as of old things (from Chicago Poems) - D. Epstein (Uplands in May)
  • Würfelspieler () - B. Rövenstrunck [x]
  • You never come back (from Chicago Poems) - N. Dello Joio, M. Silberstein (Mill-Doors)
  • Your whitelight flashes the frost to-night - M. Ippolito
  • Your white shoulders (from Chicago Poems) - G. Bachlund (White shoulders)

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