(Chirstmas Day, 1917)THE FIVE O'CLOCK prairie sunset is a strong man going to sleep after a long day in a cornfield.
The red dust of a rusty crimson is fixed with two fingers of lavender. A hook of smoke, a woman's nose in charcoal and ... nothing.
The timberline turns in a cover of purple. A grain elevator humps a shoulder. One steel star whisks out a pointed fire. Moonlight comes on the stubble.
'Jesus in an Illinois barn early this morning, the baby Jesus ... in flannels ...'
Rusty Crimson
Carl Sandburg
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Poem topics: baby, fire, purple, red, sleep, star, sunset, woman, steel, long, strong, cover, morning, clock, early, dust, moonlight, shoulder, crimson, Valentine's Day, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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