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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HALSTED STREET CAR, by CARL SANDBURG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come you, cartoonists Last Line: Empty of dreams. Subject(s): Chicago; Streetcars | |||
Come you, cartoonists, Hang on a strap with me here At seven o'clock in the morning On a Halsted street car. Take your pencils And draw these faces. Try with your pencils for these crooked faces, That pig-sticker in one corner -- his mouth -- That overall factory girl -- her loose cheeks. Find for your pencils A way to mark your memory Of tired empty faces. After their night's sleep, In the moist dawn And cool daybreak, Faces Tired of wishes, Empty of dreams. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MILLION YOUNG WORKMEN, 1915 by CARL SANDBURG ACCOMPLISHED FACTS by CARL SANDBURG |
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