Authors:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Carl Sandburg Quotes about Poetry

All Carl Sandburg Quotes Art Birth Children Destiny Flying Giving Happiness Hard Work Heart Hope Inspiration Inspirational Language Learning Life Literature Lying Math Moon Morning Nature Past Peace Poetry quotes Running Silence Singing Solitude Time Waiting Wall War Water Writing

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

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

Doors, Closing Up, Poetry

Atlantic Monthly Mar. 1923 "Poetry Considered"

Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable.

Poetry, Barriers, Syllables

Carl Sandburg (2003). “The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg”, p.318, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry, Literature, Synthesis

Atlantic Monthly Mar. 1923 "Poetry Considered"

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Writing, Poetry, Invisible

Carl Sandburg (2015). “Harvest Poems: 1910-1960”, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

Poetry, Literature, Poetry Is

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

Rainbow, Poetry, Going Away

Carl Sandburg (2015). “Harvest Poems: 1910-1960”, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

And all poets love dust and mist because all the last answers. Go running back to dust and mist.

Running, Dust, Poetry

Carl Sandburg, Frances Schoonmaker Bolin (1995). “Carl Sandburg”, p.12, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.

Art, Poetry, Written

You May Also Like: