Summer Stars
free verse
serene
Bend low again, night of summer stars. So near you are, sky of summer stars, So near, a long-arm man can pick off stars, Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl, So near you are, summer stars, So near, strumming, strumming, So lazy and hum-strumming.
Summer Stars - context Summary
From Cornhuskers (1918)
Published in Sandburg’s 1918 collection Cornhuskers, "Summer Stars" presents an intimate, homely view of the night sky. The speaker addresses a close, almost touchable sky, collapsing distance so stars feel reachable and musical. The poem fits Sandburg’s early focus on everyday rural experience, turning a cosmic scene into a familiar, tactile moment that reflects the collection’s plainspoken celebration of common life.
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