Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922. V. Mist Forms 38. Buckwheat
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HERE was a late autumn cricket,And two smoldering mountain sunsets Under the valley roads of her eyes. There was a late autumn cricket, A hangover of summer song, 5 Scraping a tune Of the late night clocks of summer, In the late winter night fireglow, This in a circle of black velvet at her neck. 2
10 In the corner of the left arm a dimple, a mole, a forget-me-not, and it fluttered a hummingbird wing, a blur in the honey-red clover, in the honey-white buckwheat.
