Da Frank Ramirez
Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da na fi tunawa a makarantar firamare shi ne aikin da ya wajaba na haddar waƙa. Yawancinmu sun zaɓi mafi guntun waƙoƙin da za mu iya samu a cikin masu karatunmu, waɗanda suka haɗa da "Fog" na Carl Sandburg (1878-1967).
Sandburg ya kalli hazo ya mamaye tashar jiragen ruwa na Chicago, wanda ya karfafa masa gwiwar rubuta wadannan kalmomi:
Hazo ya zo
a kan ƙananan ƙafafu cat.
Yana zaune yana kallo
sama da tashar jiragen ruwa da birni
kan shiru-shiru
sannan taci gaba.
Ko da ina yaro an shigar da ni gajarta, hikimarta, da ruhinta. Duk da haka, na yi baƙin ciki cewa wani yaro ya ɗaga hannunsa da farko ya sami wannan. Na yi farin ciki da na rasa, saboda bayan mako guda, wannan ɗalibin ya tsaya a gaban ajin ya ce, “Fog yana fitowa daga ƙananan ƙafafu na cat.” Bayan bala'in da ya biyo baya ya ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo kafin Sister Mary Regis ta maido da tsari.
Kamar yadda ya bayyana, akwai abubuwa da yawa don koyo game da Carl Sandburg - ɗan jarida, mawaƙi, mai fafutuka, mai lambu, da mutumin dangi. Tafiyar bas da yammacin Laraba ta ɗauki NOACers zuwa Gidan Tarihi na Gida na Carl Sandburg. Gidan yana kan kadada 246, tare da mil 5 na hanyoyin tafiya. Sandburg da matarsa Lillian sun tashi daga Midwest zuwa wurin a North Carolina a 1945 saboda daya daga cikin 'ya'yansa mata suna son saniya don aikin 4-H amma akuya ya fi dacewa a cikin motar su. Lillian ya ƙaunaci kiwo da nono awaki, kuma dangin sun shahara don haɓaka nau'ikan nau'ikan iri. Wannan ya kai ga neman filaye mafi kyau don kiwon awakin, wanda ya kai su wani gida a North Carolina. Daga karshe nonon akuya da cuku sun shahara sosai a duk fadin yankin.
Abin mamaki, idan aka yi la'akari da Sandburg sananne ne don rubutawa wanda ya nuna rashin adalci na launin fata, Christopher Memminger ya fara gina gidan a 1838 - wanda ya ci gaba da aiki a cikin gwamnatin tarayya a matsayin sakataren Baitulmali. Daga baya Ellison Smyth ya saya, wanda ya zama mai arziki ta hanyar masana'anta. Ya ba wa dukiyar suna, Connemara, don girmama zuriyarsa ta Irish. Sandburg yana da shekaru 67 lokacin da ya sayi kayan.
Har yanzu ana kiwon awaki a wurin a yau, kuma gonar akuya (wanda ya haɗa da damar kiwo da ƙananan dabbobi) ke gudanar da ma'aikatar gandun daji ta ƙasa. An adana gidan kamar yadda yake a lokacin da Sandburg ya mutu a shekara ta 1967. Masu ziyara suna kallon ɗan gajeren watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin na 1954 wanda ke nuna Edward R. Murrow da Carl Sandburg, kuma suna karɓar balaguron gida na musamman.
Ko da yake Sandburg ya ba da littattafai sama da 4,000 ga ɗakin karatu na yankin, har yanzu akwai littattafai sama da 12,000 da aka cunkushe a cikin ɗakunan ajiya waɗanda ke isa daga rufi zuwa ƙasa ba tare da wani tsari na musamman ba. Waɗannan sun haɗa da wani littafi na ’yan’uwa malami AC Wieand da kuma tarihin rayuwar Nathan Leopold, wanda aka yanke masa hukuncin laifin da ya zama Laifin Ƙarni kuma daga baya ya yi wa ’yan’uwa kula da ’yan’uwa a Puerto Rico. An tattara mujallu a kowane lungu, kuma tarin bayanan sun haɗa da wani akwati mai ban sha'awa na rikodin Woody Guthrie wanda Library of Congress ya samar.
Za ka ga ofishin rubuce-rubuce na Sandburg, ya himmatu wajen mayar da martani ga yawancin wakilansa, inda wata 'yar ta taimaka masa. Ofishinsa na bene ya sadaukar da rubuce-rubucensa na kirkire-kirkire. Ofishin Lillian ya cika da littattafai masu amfani, hotunan ’yan uwa da fitattun awaki, da kyaututtuka da yawa.
Sandburg gabaɗaya ya rubuta cikin dare, yana barci duk safiya yayin da sauran ’yan uwa suka mai da hankali kan sha’awar awaki, kuma sun shiga iyali don cin abincin yamma. Dukansu Sandburgs sun himmantu ga ilimin mata da sana'o'i da kuma yin aiki da yaƙi da wariyar launin fata, don haƙƙin ma'aikaci, da kuma gabaɗayan bayar da shawarwari ga ɗan adam.
Yawancin littattafan Carl Sandburg suna cikin kantin sayar da littattafai. Na sayi bugu mai rahusa na “Waƙoƙin Chicago,” wanda ya haɗa da sanannen ƙaramin aya game da hazo.
Ee, na duba. Fog yana shigowa, ba daga, ƙananan ƙafafu na cat ba.