Fog

Fog - context Summary

Imagist City Observation

Written in 1916 and published in Sandburg’s Chicago Poems, "Fog" is a very short imagist piece that captures a single urban moment. The poem quietly observes fog arriving and departing over harbor and city, likening it to a cat that sits briefly and then leaves. Its spare language and focused snapshot reflect Sandburg’s early voice and interest in distilling everyday American urban and natural scenes into concise images.