Sunset From Omaha Hotel Window

Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)



Into the blue river hills
The red sun runners go
And the long sand changes
And to-day is a goner
And to-day is not worth haggling over.

Here in Omaha
The gloaming is bitter
As in Chicago
Or Kenosha.

The long sand changes.
To-day is a goner.
Time knocks in another brass nail.
Another yellow plunger shoots the dark.

Constellations
Wheeling over Omaha
As in Chicago
Or Kenosha.

The long sand is gone
and all the talk is stars.
They circle in a dome over Nebraska.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xabcc dcAE bcxx xdAE xxe
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 470
Words 88
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 3

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