Losses
I HAVE love And a child, A banjo And shadows. (Losses of God, All will go And one day We will hold Only the shadows.)
Carl Sandburg
I HAVE love And a child, A banjo And shadows. (Losses of God, All will go And one day We will hold Only the shadows.)
Carl Sandburg’s short poem is a quiet inventory of things that matter. The speaker lists love, a child, a banjo, and shadows. The first three feel warm and alive—family, affection, music. The fourth is already less solid, a hint of what is to come.
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