Carl E. Andra Memorial Collection
"A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the university, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him."
Dylan Thomas
The Collection
The Carl E. Andra Memorial Collection was formed by Jean Andra Miller in 1977 after the death of her husband, a former professor of English at Weber State University. Included in the collection are over 1,000 volumes of poetry, essays and other writings.
POEM OF THE MONTH
BACK YARD
Shine on, O moon of summer. Shine to the leaves of grass, catalpa and oak,
All silver under your rain to-night.
An Italian boy is sending songs to you to-night from an accordion.
A Polish boy is out with his best girl; they marry next month; to-night they are throwing you kisses.
An old man next door is dreaming over a sheen that sits in a cherry tree in his back yard.
The clocks say I must go—I stay here sitting on the back porch drinking
white thoughts you rain down.
Shine on, O moon, Shake out more and more silver changes.
Carl Sandburg
