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Poetry Review: “Cornhuskers” by Carl Sandburg
Walt Whitman’s 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass is the most spiritual work ever created by an American writer. Reading it remains the single greatest pleasure that any reader of American Literature can...
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Poetry Review: “Falltime” by Carl Sandburg
(copyright © m.a.h. hinton) Here in the North Country, October means change: leaves changing from shades of green to shades of gold and red; nights changing from warm to cool and then changing at last...
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Poetry Review: “I am the People, the Mob” by Carl Sandburg
Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty The Occupy Wall Street movement has been much in the news, and much on my mind. A life-time mistrust of a system where some can drive Mercedes while others struggle to pay the...
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Poetry Review: “Flat Lands” by Carl Sandburg
I have been thinking lately of poems about stars… or poems where lines about stars figure prominently. There are many. For the month of November, MontanaWriter will be featuring a few old and new...
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300 Posts, 300 Books I Am Glad I’ve Read
Today’s posting marks the 300th post on MontanaWriter, a nice round number. Round numbers are hard to resist. There is a something complete and satisfying in their shape… in what they symbolize: the...
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Poetry Review: “Evening Waterfall” by Carl Sandburg
A bit of winter has finally come to the North Country… a dusting of snow that has stayed a few days. The lawns are, for the most part, white – at least those with not too much southern exposure. Snow...
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Poetry Review: “The South Wind Says So” by Carl Sandburg
Yours truly at Remembrance Rock Some long-time readers of MontanaWriter may remember that last summer, coming home from a family vacation in The Smoky Mountains, Sue and I visited Carl Sandburg’s...
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Poetry Review: “Languages” by Carl Sandburg
I have not reviewed a Carl Sandburg poem for awhile. Longtime readers of MontanaWriter know that inspired by a visit to Sandburg’s birthplace in Galesburg, Illinois, I began reading his poems again in...
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Poetry Review: “The Hammer” by Carl Sandburg
A great stamp Spring in the North Country remains gray and wet. Last week our youngest graduated high school and so between rain storms we celebrated this mundane milestone in the fashion dictated by...
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Poetry Review: “Number Man” by Carl Sandburg
“Prairie Sky” (photo by m.a.h. hinton) Early August in the North Country has brought cooler than normal temperatures making biking to work cool and pleasant. The afternoons though are most often the...
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