Community Poetry Journal

Community Poetry Journal

A collaborative journal for poetry YWS-ers have read!

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  • Liminality Creator
    Liminality · Jan 7, 2022
    Fog
    BY CARL SANDBURG
    The fog comes
    on little cat feet.

    It sits looking
    over harbor and city
    on silent haunches
    and then moves on.


    Source: Poetry Foundation

    A short one this time, to mix things up! I think what drew me to this poem is the impression I had that this could both be 'realistic', as in the "cat feet" are an image showing how tentatively and lightly the fog is moving, but also you could take a more fantastical route and imagine a big grey cloud with little orange legs. :3

    BluesClues replied · Jan 8, 2022

    Ah I was just thinking about this poem recently bc Matt remembered the first stanza and that was it <3


    Liminality replied · Jan 8, 2022

    Ha that's neat! It certainly is a memorable one :D


    alliyah replied · Jan 10, 2022

    This is such an adorable little poem.



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