Posts Tagged by AE Houseman
A collection of war poems; a collection of thoughts
| May 14, 2012 | Posted by Jane Lu under national, poetry |
Grass, by Carl Sandburg 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 the passengers ask the conductor: What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass. Let me work. I recently visited Belgium and had a chance to visit the graveyards of some of the heroes who sacrificed themselves in the first world war. The first thing that came to my mind was this poem by Carl Sandburg. Indeed, the whole field was covered by grass, and… more
