Carl Sandburg's Quote - Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. – Carl Sandburg

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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. - Carl Sandburg

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. – Carl Sandburg

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Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. – Carl Sandburg

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All human actions are equivalent… and all are on principle doomed to failure. – Carl Sandburg

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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. – Carl Sandburg

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Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little too involved with the nature of poetry, as such. – Peter Davison

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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didnt have to have 20 verses to get your point across. – Justin Townes Earle

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We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order – poetry and to put this essential poetry into different classes is impossible. – John Drinkwater

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