Primer Lesson

From My Mother’s Poetry Notebook: Primer Lesson by Sandburg

MARY LOUISE HOOLEY-CARLISLE·THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016

Primer Lesson by Carl Sandburg

Look out how you use proud words.
When you let proud words go, it’s
not easy to call them back.
They wear long boots, hard boots,
they walk off proud;
They can’t hear you calling --
Look out how you use proud words.