"When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on." ― Carl Sandburg Topic(s): Poetry More From Carl Sandburg "Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment." "I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way." "A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on." More In Poetry "Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry."― Georges Braque "We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words."― John Fowles "For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry."― Paul Muldoon