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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Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

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

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

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I...

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I...

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...

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...

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when...

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when...

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...

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten...

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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

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

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

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...

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who...

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who...

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

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

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

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

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.