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Carl Sandburg

"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."

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"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."

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"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."

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"I am no Poet here; my pen's the spout where the rain water of my eyes run out."

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