116. Margaret. Sandburg, Carl. 1916. Chicago Poems

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Chicago Poems. 1916.

116. Margaret


MANY birds and the beating of wings
Make a flinging reckless hum
In the early morning at the rocks
Above the blue pool
Where the gray shadows swim lazy.	5

In your blue eyes, O reckless child,
I saw today many little wild wishes,
Eager as the great morning.