Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburgwas an American poet, writer, and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary literature", especially for volumes of his collected verse, including Chicago Poems, Cornhuskers, and Smoke and Steel. He enjoyed "unrivaled appeal as a poet in his day, perhaps because the breadth of his experiences connected him with so many strands of American life",...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 January 1878
CountryUnited States of America
I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This was all misty.
I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.
There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.
Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the puzzlement and wondering.
I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this.
I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen.
We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.
We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.
Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.
Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.