Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. Carl Sandburg makephantompoetry Change image and share on social
Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years. Carl Sandburg chicagodantedifference Change image and share on social
Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence. Carl Sandburg fenceloveneighbor Change image and share on social
When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along. Carl Sandburg bringconditionfind Change image and share on social
Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child. Carl Sandburg birthchildcommand Change image and share on social
I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors. Carl Sandburg agreebrookcorner Change image and share on social
We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough. Carl Sandburg brownguidanceneed Change image and share on social
I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago. Carl Sandburg agocuriousdead Change image and share on social
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. Carl Sandburg electhatpolitician Change image and share on social
I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of it saying I hadn't learned a thing I didn't know before about morals and what is right or wrong in human conduct. Carl Sandburg classconductdiscussion share on social