Poem - "Jan Kubelik" by Carl Sandburg

"Jan Kubelik" 
by Carl Sandburg


YOUR bow swept over a string, and a long low note

quivered to the air.

(A mother of Bohemia sobs over a new child perfect

learning to suck milk.)

Your bow ran fast over all the high strings fluttering

and wild.

(All the girls in Bohemia are laughing on a Sunday afternoon

in the hills with their lovers.)