Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Poetry Quotes

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

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...

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...

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

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 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 couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This...

I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This...

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

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

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...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

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...

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

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

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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...

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...

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...

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...