Poem - "Happiness" by Carl Sandburg

"Happiness" 
by Carl Sandburg



I ASKED the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell

me what is happiness.
And I went to famous executives who boss the work of
thousands of men.
They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though
I was trying to fool with them
And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along
the Desplaines river
And I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with
their women and children
and a keg of beer and an