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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAUGHING CORN, by CARL SANDBURG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was a high majestic fooling Last Line: The farmer and his wife talk things over together. Subject(s): Corn | |||
THERE was a high majestic fooling Day before yesterday in the yellow corn. And day after to-morrow in the yellow corn There will be high majestic fooling. The ears ripen in late summer And come on with a conquering laughter, Come on with a high and conquering laughter. The long-tailed blackbirds are hoarse. One of the smaller blackbirds chitters on a stalk And a spot of red is on its shoulder And I never heard its name in my life. Some of the ears are bursting. A white juice works inside. Cornsilk creeps in the end and dangles in the wind. Always -- I never knew it any other way -- The wind and the corn talk things over together. And the rain and the corn and the sun and the corn Talk things over together. Over the road is the farmhouse. The siding is white and a green blind is slung loose. It will not be fixed till the corn is husked. The farmer and his wife talk things over together. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VEGETABLES by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE MAIZE by WILLIAM WHITEMAN FOSDICK THE WAVING OF THE CORN by SIDNEY LANIER THE HUSKERS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
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