Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GONE, by CARL SANDBURG Recitation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Everybody loved chick lorimer in our town Last Line: Nobody knows where she's gone. Subject(s): Absence; Women; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
EVERYBODY loved Chick Lorimer in our town Far off. Everybody loved her. So we all love a wild girl keeping a hold On a dream she wants. Nobody knows now where Chick Lorimer went. Nobody knows why she packed her trunk . . . a few old things And is gone, Gone with her little chin Thrust ahead of her And her soft hair blowing careless From under a wide hat, Dancer, singer, a laughing passionate lover. Were there ten men or a hundred hunting Chick? Were there five men or fifty with aching hearts? Everybody loved Chick Lorimer. Nobody knows where she's gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN |
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