Chicago Poems (1916) was Carl Sandburg\'s first-published book of verse.
Written in the poet\'s unique, personal idiom, these poems embody a soulfulness, lyric grace, and a love of and compassion for the common man that earned Sandburg a reputation as a "poet of the people." Among the dozens of poems in this collection are such well-known verses as "Chicago," "Fog," "To a Contemporary Bunkshooter," "Who Am I?" and "Under the Harvest Moon," as well as numerous others on themes of war,.
Chicago Poems (1916) was Carl Sandburg\'s first-published book of verse