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Carl Sandburg
Selected Poetry
Website Evaluators
Susan Huetteman - Retired, Rhode Island
Joanne F. Karr - Hollywood High School, California
Wink Rush - Millington Central High School, Tennessee
Barbara K. Youel - Berea High School, Ohio
Website Reviewer and Compiler
Charles R. Sanders - San Pedro High School, California
Site Ratings
1 = Poor 2 = Fair 3 = Good 4 = Excellent
The Academy of American Poets: Carl Sandburg
http://www.poets.org/lit/poet/csandbur.htm
The Academy of American Poets website offers a fine introduction to a study of Carl
Sandburg. Included here are a "compelling" photo of Sandburg, an "informative and concise" biography, a bibliography of selected poetry and prose, and the complete texts of four poems:
"Chicago," "Fog," "I am the People, the Mob," and "Honky Tonk in Cleveland, Ohio." One valuable link leads to the Cornhuskers and Chicago Poems collections, but another link
to a commercial site may be distracting. The site is "readable and concise and would invite any user to explore Sandburg further."
Overall Rating: 3
Bartleby Library: Carl Sandburg
http://www.bartleby.com/
If you are looking for a source of Carl Sandburg's earlier poems, the compilers of this site are "dedicated to presenting accurate and loyal editions,
well-researched selections, and state-of-the-art presentations." The complete collections of the 146 Chicago Poems and the 103 Cornhusker poems are available, as are alphabetical indices to titles and first
lines. The poems are easy to access and easy to print, making this site "useful to any student of literature."
Overall Rating: 3
Carl Sandburg
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~rmrober/sandburg/home.htm
Covering "topics of interest to middle school students and teachers," this
website may serve as a "primer to the study of Carl Sandburg." Included here are student essays, a few of Sandburg's most famous poems, a series of pictures of people and places connected to Sandburg,
and an extensive bibliography of works by and about Sandburg. No in-depth resources, but "fun and interesting."
Overall Rating: 3
Poets' Corner: Carl Sandburg
http://geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2012/poems/sandb03.html
The stated goal of the Poets'
Corner website is to create the largest, most diverse, and most user-friendly library of poetic works ever assembled. The editors have selected 88 poems of Carl Sandburg, both obscure and familiar, for inclusion
in their collection. This site offers a wide sampling of subjects and style for those who are not familiar with Sandburg's poetry.
Overall Rating: 2
Poems from the Planet Earth: Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
http://redfrog.norconnect.no/~poems/poets/carl_sandburg.html
This site invites readers to register their favorite (or their own) poems to be included in the archive. Among the thousands of poems
that have been submitted are ten by Carl Sandburg. Visitors may also share reflections about a poem or poet and they can search for poems in which certain words or phrases occur. Teachers should be aware
that, like all forums on the internet, this site may contain inappropriate comments.
Overall Rating: 2
Carl Sandburg - Chicago Poems
http://andyybarr.com/Sandburg/
If you can ignore all the advertisements on the main page of this Carl Sandburg site, you will be rewarded with an informative biography of the poet and access to
about 250 of his earlier poems. Also available is a search engine that will scan the poetry using words or phrases. Readers may join a discussion group, and a webring leads to other poets.
Overall Rating: 2
Carl Sandburg State Historic Site
http://www.state.il.us/HPA/CARLSAND.HTM
For those researching the life and times of Carl
Sandburg, this site contains "extensive research-based information" from his early life in Illinois to his life as a famous poet. Several black and white photographs illustrate the biography. Also
included is information about the Carl Sandburg State Historic Site. "Great introductory information."
Overall Rating: 2 |
