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Fog. By Carl Sandburg. The fog comes. on little cat feet. It sits looking. over harbor and city. on silent haunches. and then moves on. Poems.
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Fog‘ is a short and sweet “American Haiku” poem that demonstrates the author’s appreciation for nature. In the poem, the narrator describes the fog that hangs over the city as though it is a cat-like creature passing through.
Fog - The fog comes. Carl Sandburg was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes in his lifetime—the first in 1919 for his poetry collection Corn Huskers, the second in 1940 for his biography Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, and the third in 1951 for Complete Poems.
"Fog" is a poem written by Carl Sandburg. It first appeared in Sandburg's first mainstream collection of poems, Chicago Poems, published in 1916. Sandburg has described the genesis of the poem.
29 paź 2023 · 'Fog' is a poem that reflects Sandburg's interest in the natural world and beautifully captures a moment or two when the fog came moving in over the harbor waters, a powerful image given life through a metaphorical cat.
The fog comes / on little cat feet. / It sits looking / over harbor and city / on silent haunches / and then moves on.
"Fog" is a very short poem by the American poet Carl Sandburg, published in 1916 in Sandburg's first major poetry collection, Chicago Poems. In the poem, fog appears, settles over an unnamed city and harbor, and then simply disappears. The speaker compares this fog to a cat, saying that it has "little cat feet" and sits on its "silent haunches."
