abn deuce Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Found this in the latest issue of Military History Magazine , reading and thinking how time changes What we see and how we interpret the world around Us. Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo Shovel them under and let me work- I am the grass;I cover all And pile them high at Gettysburg and pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Shovel them under and let me work. Two years ten years, and passengers ask the conductor. What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass. Let me work. by Carl Sandburg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Powerful Words.................very good. Not heard/seen this poem before. Many Thanks for posting . Andy Found this in the latest issue of Military History Magazine , reading and thinking how time changes What we see and how we interpret the world around Us. Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo Shovel them under and let me work- I am the grass;I cover all And pile them high at Gettysburg and pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Shovel them under and let me work. Two years ten years, and passengers ask the conductor. What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass. Let me work. by Carl Sandburg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Very fitting Ipere is now so green and alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Very poignant,and puts things in perspective really. When was this written? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 (edited) I did a google search and found this site with a number of his poems but did not locate his "Grass" yet His WW1 poems are dated 1914-1915. http://carl-sandburg.com/POEMS.htm looking at other sites , grass is dated 1918 here is a site with comments about it. http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides3/Grass.html Edited September 6, 2009 by abn deuce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Yes I thought it would be at the end of the first world war. If it was later it would have included Stalingrad, Berlin etc. A beautiful work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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