Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to...

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to...

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...