Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

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...

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,...

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...

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 can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

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.

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;...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

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.

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...

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...

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

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...

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

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...

It is the business of little minds to shrink

It is the business of little minds to shrink

It is the mind that makes the body.

It is the mind that makes the body.

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in...

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in...