grass
Karl Sanfburg
Pile the bodies in Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them down and let me work-
I am a grass; I cover everything.
Pile them up in Gettysbury.
Pile them in ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them underground and let me work.
Two years, ten years, the passenger asked the conductor:
What is this place?
Where are we now?
I am grass.
Let me work.
Carl Sandberg (1878~ 1967) is an American poet. His biography "abraham lincoln: War Years" 1940 won the Pulitzer Prize for History, and The Complete Collection of Poetry 195 1 won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Sandberg's poems are full of famous sayings and anecdotes. His Grass is the most touching and unforgettable poem about the First World War.
grass
Pile the bodies in Austerlitz and Waterloo,
Shovel them into the pit and let me-
I am the grass, and I cover everything.
Pile the bodies in Gettysburg,
Dumping bodies in ypres and Verdun,
Shovel them into the pit and let me do it.
Two or ten years later, the passenger asked the flight attendant:
What is this place?
Where are we now?
I am grass,
Let me do it.