Poets on Poetry - Carl Sandburg
Quotations and Excerpts from Master Poets, Reflecting Upon the Poetic Craft
of invisible keepsakes."
"Poetry is an echo,
asking a shadow to dance."
"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 synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits."
"Poetry is the journal of the sea animal
living on land,
wanting to fly in the air."
"I've written some poetry
I don't understand myself."
Carl Sandburg
(1878 - 1967)
These five separate metaphors from the pen of Carl Sandburg reveal much about the nature of poetry and why it stirs us so.
Personally, I love the final quote on the list. Occasionally, in crafting creative writing, we may even surprise ourselves!
Published by Linda Ann Nickerson - Featured Contributor in Lifestyle and Sports
Linda Ann Nickerson brings decades of reporting and a globally minded Midwestern perspective to a host of topics, balancing human interest with history, hard facts and often humor. View profile
- How to Write a Romantic Poetry Paper for College Find out how to turn something in that doesn't sound completely dorky when the assignment is to write an analysis of Romantic poetry.
- The Life of Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg had always been interested in Abraham Lincoln and, in the early 1920s, he started writing a six-volume biography of the man.
-
The Supernatural and Mythological Elements in Romantic Poetry
A look at two poems by Coleridge that define what entials the highest quality of mythological and supernatural elements in romantic poetry. These two poems have set the groundwo...
- Jazz Poems: A Pocket Full of Poesies "Ring-around-the-rosey. Pocket-full-of-poesies." I found my book of poesies from Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. And the topic is jazz with 241 pages of literal navigation to the rhythm e-tude.
- Harlem Renaissance The cultural differences and views within the Black community during the Harlem Renaissance.
- Poets on Poetry - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Poets on Poetry - W. H. Auden
- Poets on Poetry - T. S. Eliot
- Poets on Poetry - Edgar Allan Poe
- Poets on Poetry - Robert Frost
- Poets on Poetry - Robert Browning
- Poets on Poetry - Emily Dickinson
|
|
- The American classic writer Carl Sandburg was born in 1878 in Illinois.
- Sandburg worked as an advertising and newpaper writer in Milwaukee and Chicago.
- His most famous poems include "Chicago" and "Fog."
5 Comments
Post a CommentGreat quotes~
I also have written some that I do not understand. Good Job Miss Linda
Excellent work Linda... Very interesting angle on this.
Great quotes from a great poet.
Beautiful- it's nice to know some your inspirations.