I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

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

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

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...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs...

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs...

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular...

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular...

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't...

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't...