Carl Sandburg. Calls. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Calls

By Carl Sandburg


From “Smoke Nights” BECAUSE I have called to you
as the flame flamingo calls,
or the want of a spotted hawk
is called—
because in the dusk	5
the warblers shoot the running
waters of short songs to the
homecoming warblers—
because
the cry here is wing to wing	10
and song to song—

I am waiting,
waiting with the flame flamingo,
the spotted hawk, the running water
warbler—	15
waiting for you.