It is the business of little m...

It is the business of little minds to shrink.

Under the harvest moon,
W...

Under the harvest moon,
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over the garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker,
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.

The past is a bucket of ashes...

The past is a bucket of ashes

Hog butcher for the world, Too...

Hog butcher for the world, Tool maker, stacker of wheat, Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of big shoulders.

There is only one child in the...

There is only one child in the world and the Child's name is All Children.

Didn't you tie the mittens on ...

Didn't you tie the mittens on her feet (Wednesday Evening's) extra special nice? Yes--she is an extra special nice pigeon. She cries for pity when she wants pity. And she shuts her eyes when she doesn't want to look at you. And if you look deep in her eyes when her eyes are open you will see lights there exactly like the lights on the pastures and the meadows when the mist is drifting on a Wednesday evening just between the twilight and gloaming.

If I added to their pride of A...

If I added to their pride of America, I am happy.

Always the path of American de...

Always the path of American destiny has been into the unknown. Always there arose enough reserves of strength, balances of sanity, portions of wisdom to carry the nation through to a fresh start with ever-renewing vitality.

The wind bit hard at Valley Fo...

The wind bit hard at Valley Forge one Christmas.
Soldiers tied rags on their feet.
Red footprints wrote on the snow . . .

The woman named Tomorrow
...

The woman named Tomorrow
sits with a hairpin in her teeth
and takes her time

Lay me on an anvil, O God.

Lay me on an anvil, O God.
Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike.

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Tongues wrangled dark at a man...

Tongues wrangled dark at a man.
He buttoned his overcoat and stood alone.
In a snowstorm, red hollyberries, thoughts, he stood alone.

Who else speaks for the Family...

Who else speaks for the Family of Man?
They are in tune and step
with constellations of universal law.

Time is a great teacher,
...

Time is a great teacher,
Who can live without hope?

The buffaloes are gone.
A...

The buffaloes are gone.
And those who saw the buffaloes are gone.

out of great Russia came three...

out of great Russia came three
dusky syllables workmen took guns and went out to die
for: Bread, Peace, Land.

There will be a rusty gun on t...

There will be a rusty gun on the wall, sweetheart,
The rifle grooves curling with flakes of rust.
A spider will make a silver string nest in the darkest, warmest
corner of it.

An expert is a damn fool a lon...

An expert is a damn fool a long way from home.

We live in the time of the col...

We live in the time of the colossal upright oblong.

I'll die propped up in bed try...

I'll die propped up in bed trying to do a poem about America.