Talk:Carl Sandburg

message: His face was used to model E.T. from the popular movie. Not a joke, look it up. 77.183.63.250 (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 04:59, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: E.T.

message: My grandmother who lived her life in Galesburg, Illinois (birthplace of Carl Sandburg) used to recite the following poem that she atrributed to Sandburg.  As I remember it, it goes like this (some details may not be right):
Sea rocks have green moss
Pine rocks have red berries
I have memories of you.
Speak to me of how you miss me...
Tell me the hours go long and slow.
Speak to me of the drag on your heart...
The iron drag of long days.
For I know hours empty as a beggars tin cup.
Empty as a soldier's sleeve with an arm lost.
Speak to me...
I always thought this was beautiful and I think it may be the only poem I have committed to memory in full as a result of her reciting it so well on special occasions/holidays (often as a result of requests).  This poem certainly sounds like Sandburg but I have not been able to find it in any of the Sandburg books I have.  Can anyone confirm that it's Sandburg and in what book/collection it might be published?  
I'm glad there's a Wiki page on Sandburg. In particular I remember growing up with "Rootabaga Stories" being read to me by my mother as a child. --16:46, 31 March 2007 by Siraj555 (talk).
::Your grandmother appears to have been correct about the author.  I haven't checked the book itself, but uncp.edu has a page that says it is in Sandburg's book Smoke and Steel.  I bet your local library would have a copy.  They call the poem 'Home Thoughts.'  The article says he traveled a lot and his longing for his wife when he was away was the inspiration for the poem. --Matthew K (talk) 03:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A childhood memory 

message: Someone started an article called Carl Sandburg/References that lists articles and books about Sandburg.  I nominated that article for deletion because that is not the proper citation method.  However it would be a shame to lose that possibly useful information, so I have pasted it here:
::[List that was formerly right here has been moved to List of works published about Carl Sandburg by Matthew K (talk)]
SmartGuy 14:00, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: List of References

message: Carl Sandburg reading The People, Yes that was formerly linked to in the listen section no longer works.  If this is a public domain item, can someone else find where it is and link to it again?
--Matthew K (talk) 02:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Listen' link that died 

message: http://www.millikin.edu/aci/crow/chronology/sandburgbio.html seems like it would be a useful external source.  If no one disagrees, let's add it to the growing list. --Matthew K 15:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible external source 

message: Where did the person find this quote? I seems largely important if that is what he is known for, but I have not found it anywhere
:This quotation, "I am my own god and therefore every day is MY day.", was added in this edit by 152.1.34.95, whose only other edit was clear vandalism. 
:Since it is not sourced, I am removing it it immediately from the article.
:--Atavi (talk) 08:19, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "I am my own god and therefore every day is MY day."  

message: This article is frustrating for me, because so much of it consists of lists (works, memorials, and references) that are not integrated in any kind of substantial way. I feel that the lists ultimately work to the detriment of the article as a whole. I propose:
# Moving the list of Sandburg's works to a separate list article
# Writing a selected bibliography in prose that lays out the basic chronology of his work. 
# Rewriting the memorials section as a prose paragraph that mentions only the primary memorials (Flat Rock, Galesburg, some others?). The various places named for the poet probably do not need to be mentioned here unless they have a significant link to his life or work. In most cases, the connection would be better discussed on the site of each respective institution.
# Rewriting the references in popular culture section as a prose paragraph that focuses on the enduring impact of Sandburg. Most of the included references would be better suited for inclusion in the articles on the media where the references were made.
Thoughts? Avram (talk) 19:19, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganization proposal 

message: I am astounded at the completely inadequate discussion of CS' poetry under "Works." The only full-length book mentioned is a collection of children's poems so minor in the poet's oeuvre that some scholars don't even include it - where works of major influence like Chicago Poems and The People, Yes! are not even mentioned. This would be roughly equivalent to discussing T.S. Eliot's whimsical Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats as important and ignoring The Waste Land And Other Poems and The Four Quartets altogether. This needs some significant and sourced revision - will do so time permitting. And no reference whatsoever to Sandberg's final years as a folksinger and song collector? Sensei48 (talk) 03:07, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proportional Emphasis in "Works" 

message: I added an external link to photos of the rock and its accompanying sign.  Ideally someone in the Chicago area should visit Sandburg's childhood home and take photographs and put them in the Commons. Choor monster (talk) 16:41, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Remembrance Rock

message: Can someone explain what is going on with the protection bots turning protection to this page on and off?  Was this discussed somewhere?  I gather that the previous protection expired today, and as I type, it has been extended for a year. Choor monster (talk) 13:41, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: No, a human had put this on Pending Changes without an expiry, and I (another human) changed it to semi-protection (a different protection level) with an expiration time. Fram (talk) 13:47, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protection bot wars? 

message: I have added that Carl's original name was Charles, according to his daughter Helga, who stated that she renamed him. I haven't added this as a fact, since this is the only reference so far for this claim. Further research is needed to find a WP:Reliable Source. David Spector (talk) 23:19, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original name Charles? 

message: [Removed from my Talk page, put here where it belongs.]
Choor, I appreciate your adding information about his "Charlie" nickname, but why did you delete the interesting information about some of his jobs and locations? Do you object to the topics, object to a lack of citations, or what? Please make your reason for removal clear on the Talk page. David Spector (talk) 17:32, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of history from "Carl Sandburg" 

message: An anon alertly deleted the Mencken quotation, and provided a link in an edit summary as justification.  Unfortunately, edit summaries are a lousy place to put such a link, here's a link that's easier to find and use: Mencken quote on Chicago writers Choor monster (talk) 16:41, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mencken quote about Chicago writers 

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