Sandburg: Grieg Being Dead
2007
acrylic and vinyl on canvas
32 x 24 inches

 

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922.

VI. Accomplished Facts
2. Grieg Being Dead

GRIEG being dead we may speak of him and his art.
Grieg being dead we can talk about whether he was any good or not.
Grieg being with Ibsen, Björnson, Lief Ericson and the rest,
Grieg being dead does not care a hell’s hoot what we say.

Morning, Spring, Anitra’s Dance,
He dreams them at the doors of new stars.