What better way to introduce little ones or adults to the world of poetry, but through one of the most, beloved and renowned poets, Carl Sandburg. The work is read by Sandburg himself, with a very cool mid century album cover to delight. In good condition, no scratches, missing album dust jacket. The album cover would be lovely framed as well! I don’t think the selections are for the very young, but of course, I struggle with understanding poetry as an adult and my youngest daughter is a published poet!
One of the poems:
Boxes and Bags
The bigger the box the more it holds.
Empty boxes hold the same as empty heads.
Enough small empty boxes thrown into a big empty box fill it full.
A half-empty box says, “Put more in.”
A big enough box could hold the world.
Elephants need big boxes to hold a dozen elephant handkerchiefs.
Fleas fold little handkerchiefs and fix them nice and neat in flea handkerchief boxes.
Bags lean against each other and boxes stand independent.
Boxes are square with corners unless round with circles.
Box can be piled on box till the whole works come tumbling.
Pile box on box and the bottom box says, “If you kindly take notice you will see it all rests on me.”
Pile box on box and the top one says, “Who falls farthest if or when we fall? I ask you.”
Box people go looking for boxes and bag people go looking for bags.
A1
What Is Poetry? A Small Talk
A1
Buffalo Dusk
A1
Phizzog
A1
Primer Lesson
A1
Young Sea
A2
Jazz Fantasia
A2
Chicago Poet
A2
Evening Waterfall
A2
Small Homes
A3
Milk-White Moon, Put The Cows To Sleep
A3
Early Moon
A3
Worms And The Wind
A3
The Abracadabra Boys
A3
The Wind On The Way
A4
Dust
A4
Sweeping Wendy, A Study In Fugue
A4
Paper, I
A4
Paper, II
A4
Doors
A4
Boxes And Bags
A4
Little Girl, Be Careful What You Say
B1
Two Moon Fantasies
B1
Sky Talks
B1
Our Hills
B1
Meadow In Summer
B1
We Must Be Polite: Lessons For Children On How To Behave Under Peculiar Circumstances
B1
Arithmetic
B2
This Street Never Sleeps
B2
New Song For Indiana Ophelias
B2
Wall Shadows
B2
Little Candle
B2
Crossed Numbers
B3
Night Bells
B3
Harmonica Humdrums
B3
Changing Light Winds
B3
Number Man
B3
Anywhere And Everywhere People
B3
Snatch Of Sliphorn Jazz
B4
Love Letter To Hans Christian Andersen
B4
Foolish About Windows
B4
Mysterious Biography
B4
Seventeen Months
B4
Maybe
B4
Sleep Impression
Credits
Artwork – Dillon*
Read By – Carl Sandburg
Written By – Carl Sandburg
Materials: vinyl, paper.
