Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

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

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

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.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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

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

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.