by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Calls
Language: English
Because I have called to you as the flame flamingo calls, or the want of a spotted hawk is called -- because in the dusk the warblers shoot the running waters of short songs to the homecoming warblers -- because the cry here is wing to wing and song to song -- I am waiting, waiting with the flame flamingo, the spotted hawk, the running water warbler -- waiting for you.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Calls", appears in Smoke and Steel, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Walter H. Golde (1887 - 1963), "Calls", published 1944 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-07-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 67