Selected Poems

A superb collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet.

This new collection of Carl Sandburg’s iconic American poetry, which includes four previously unpublished Lincoln poems, contains selections from all of Sandburg’s previous volumes. This treasury of accessible free verse poetry supports MacLeish’s confidence in the breadth of Sandburg’s scope and is designed for general readers and for students alike.

In more than 150 poems, arranged in eleven sections—from his famous poems abou...