Carl Sandburg Quotes About Poetry

We have collected for you the TOP of Carl Sandburg's best quotes about Poetry! Here are collected all the quotes about Poetry starting from the birthday of the Writer – January 6, 1878! We hope you will be inspired to new achievements with our constantly updated collection of quotes. At the moment, this page contains 13 sayings of Carl Sandburg about Poetry. We will be happy if you share our collection of quotes with your friends on social networks!
  • And all poets love dust and mist because all the last answers. Go running back to dust and mist.

    Poetry  
    Carl Sandburg, Frances Schoonmaker Bolin (1995). “Carl Sandburg”, p.12, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable.

    Poetry  
    Carl Sandburg (2003). “The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg”, p.318, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it will be spent.

  • Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

    Poetry  
    Carl Sandburg (2015). “Harvest Poems: 1910-1960”, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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

    Poetry  
  • Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

    Atlantic Monthly Mar. 1923 "Poetry Considered"
  • Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.

    Carl Sandburg (2003). “The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg”, p.317, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.

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

  • Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. 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.

    Poetry  
    Carl Sandburg (2015). “Harvest Poems: 1910-1960”, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

    Poetry  
    Atlantic Monthly Mar. 1923 "Poetry Considered"
Page 1 of 1
Did you find Carl Sandburg's interesting saying about Poetry? We will be glad if you share the quote with your friends on social networks! This page contains Writer quotes from Writer Carl Sandburg about Poetry collected since January 6, 1878! Come back to us again – we are constantly replenishing our collection of quotes so that you can always find inspiration by reading a quote from one or another author!