Poem - "The Plowboy" by Carl Sandburg

"The Plowboy" 
by Carl Sandburg



AFTER the last red sunset glimmer,

Black on the line of a low hill rise,

Formed into moving shadows, I saw
A plowboy and two horses lined against the gray,
Plowing in the dusk the last furrow.
The turf had a gleam of brown,
And smell of soil was in the air,
And, cool and moist, a haze of April.

I shall remember you long,

Plowboy and horses against the sky in shadow.

I shall remember you and the picture
You made for me,
Turning the turf in the dusk
And haze of an April gloaming.