The Grass February 26, 2024May 30, 2022 by PG This content has been archived. It may no longer be accurate or relevant. A poem written in 1918 by American poet Carl Sandburg. Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.And pile them high at GettysburgAnd pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.Shovel them under and let me work.Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor: What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass. Let me work. Click to Tweet/Email/Share This Post