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Carl Sandburg

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An American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist.. American poet writer and editor; three Pulitzer Prizes


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Quote Left Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. Quote Right
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Quote Left The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. Quote Right
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Quote Left 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. Quote Right
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Quote Left Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. Quote Right
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Quote Left There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things