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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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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 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

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember...

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember...

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give...

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give...

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...

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

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

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...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write...

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write...

It is the business of little minds to shrink

It is the business of little minds to shrink

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

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

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...

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...