My People

My People - fact Summary

From Good Morning, America

This brief lyric presents the speaker’s affectionate, unadorned view of ordinary people, described repeatedly as various shades of gray. Sandburg’s wording mixes admiration and uncertainty—he calls them beautiful while asking where they are going—capturing both dignity and social displacement. The poem reflects the poet’s recurring focus on the working class and communal life, compressing sympathy and open-ended concern into a few stark lines.