Window by Carl Sandburg

Window

by Carl Sandburg

Night from a railroad car window

Is a great, dark, soft thing

Broken across with slashes of light.

I love to travel by train, especially the few times I had a sleeper on an Amtrak. The food was great, the employees were wonderful, the privacy was such a blessing, and the ability to stretch out on a bed and watch the "great, dark, soft" world blur by was exciting.

So I must admit that my own love of train travel influences my love of this poem. However, there are obje...