Smoke and Steel is a collection of poems by the renowned American poet, Carl Sandburg. The book was first published in 1920 and is considered one of Sandburg's most important works. The collection is divided into two parts: Smoke and Steel. The first part, Smoke, contains poems that focus on the industrialization and urbanization of America during the early 20th century. Sandburg describes the smoky, gritty, and noisy world of factories, trains, and...