Jaws
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
Seven nations stood with their hands on the jaws of death
It was the first week in August, Nineteen Hundred Fourteen
I was listening, you were listening, the whole world was listening.
And all of us heard a Voice murmuring
"I am the way and the light,
He that believeth on me
Shall not perish
But shall have everlasting life
Seven nations listening heard the Voice and answered
"O Hell!"
The jaws of death began clicking and they go on clicking
"O Hell!"
Carl Sandburg's Jaws
I am busy working to bring Carl Sandburg's "Jaws" to life through some unique musical arrangements and will have a full analysis of the poem here for you later.
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