Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly...

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly...

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...

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...

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...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

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.

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned...

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned...

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...

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 the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and...

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

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...

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

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

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

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...