Fog

Carl Sandburg's six-line poem likening the fog over a harbor and city to a cat.

The fog comeson little cat feet.

It sits lookingover harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on.

Famous lines

• The fog comes
  on little cat feet.
  It sits looking
  over harbor and city
  on silent haunches
  and then moves on.

  In context

  • Nature