--- title: "Best Poetry Quotes by Carl Sandburg" description: "58 Poetry quotes by Carl Sandburg. Plus more from Carl Sandburg and more Poetry sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/carl-sandburg-952_creating-beauty_poetry-is-a-sequence-of-dots-and-dashes_2625776.png" --- > [Poetry is a sequence of dots and dashes, spelling depths, crypts, cross-lights, and moon wisps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-sequence-of-dots-and-dashes-spelling-depths-crypts-cross/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/carl-sandburg-952_creating-beauty_poetry-is-a-sequence-of-dots-and-dashes_2625776.png) > [When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/when-i-was-writing-pretty-poor-poetry-this-girl-with-midnight-black/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/carl-sandburg-952_black_when-i-was-writing-pretty-poor-poetry-th_882983.png) > [I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/i-took-to-wearing-a-black-tie-known-as-the-ascot-with-long-drooping/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/carl-sandburg-952_black_i-took-to-wearing-a-black-tie-known-as-t_571741.png) > [Poetry is a mystic, sensuous mathematics of fire, smoke-stacks, waffles, pansies, people, and purple sunsets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-mystic-sensuous-mathematics-of-fire-smoke-stacks-waffles/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/carl-sandburg-952_fire_poetry-is-a-mystic-sensuous-mathematics_2413788.png) > [Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/ordering-a-man-to-write-a-poem-is-like-commanding-a-pregnant-woman-to-2/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/carl-sandburg-952_birth_ordering-a-man-to-write-a-poem-is-like-c_2363696.png) > [I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/i-make-it-clear-why-i-write-as-i-do-and-why-other-poets-write-as-they/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/carl-sandburg-952_clear_i-make-it-clear-why-i-write-as-i-do-and_3200714.png) > [Poetry is an enumeration of birds, bees, babies, butterflies, bugs, bambinos, babayagas, and bipeds, beating their way up bewildering bastions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-an-enumeration-of-birds-bees-babies-butterflies-bugs/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/carl-sandburg-952_baby_poetry-is-an-enumeration-of-birds-bees-b_2858351.png) > [Poetry is an exhibit of one pendulum connecting with other and unseen pendulums inside and outside the one seen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-an-exhibit-of-one-pendulum-connecting-with-other-and-unseen/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/carl-sandburg-952_connecting_poetry-is-an-exhibit-of-one-pendulum-con_2437834.png) > [Poetry is a dance music measuring buck-and-wing follies along with the gravest and stateliest dead-marches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-dance-music-measuring-buck-and-wing-follies-along-with/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/carl-sandburg-952_bucks_poetry-is-a-dance-music-measuring-buck-a_773502.png) > [Poetry is a slipknot tightened around a time-beat of one thought, two thoughts, and a last interweaving thought there is not yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-slipknot-tightened-around-a-time-beat-of-one-thought-two/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/carl-sandburg-952_beats_poetry-is-a-slipknot-tightened-around-a_1189124.png) > [And all poets love dust and mist because all the last answers. Go running back to dust and mist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/and-all-poets-love-dust-and-mist-because-all-the-last-answers-go/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/carl-sandburg-952_answers_and-all-poets-love-dust-and-mist-because_1981639.png) > [Poetry is the silence and speech between a wet struggling root of a flower and a sunlit blossom of that flower.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-the-silence-and-speech-between-a-wet-struggling-root-of-a/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/carl-sandburg-952_blossom_poetry-is-the-silence-and-speech-between_224375.png) > [“I cannot tell you now; When the wind's drive and whirl Blow me along no longer, And the wind's a whisper at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/i-cannot-tell-you-now-when-the-wind-s-drive-and-whirl-blow-me-along/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/carl-sandburg-952_motivation_i-cannot-tell-you-now-when-the-wind-s-dr_783710.png) > [Poetry is a tracing of the trajectories of a finite sound to the infinite points of its echoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-tracing-of-the-trajectories-of-a-finite-sound-to-the/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/carl-sandburg-952_echoes_poetry-is-a-tracing-of-the-trajectories_656397.png) > [“Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what was seen during a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-the-opening-and-closing-of-a-door-leaving-those-who-look-2/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65c/carl-sandburg-952_door_poetry-is-the-opening-and-closing-of-a-d_1780038.jpg) > [Poetry is a puppet-show, where riders of skyrockets and divers of sea fathoms gossip about the sixth sense and the fourth dimension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-puppet-show-where-riders-of-skyrockets-and-divers-of-sea/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/carl-sandburg-952_dimensions_poetry-is-a-puppet-show-where-riders-of_271219.png) > [Poetry is a fresh morning spider-web telling a story of moonlit hours of weaving and waiting during a night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-fresh-morning-spider-web-telling-a-story-of-moonlit-hours/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/carl-sandburg-952_hours_poetry-is-a-fresh-morning-spider-web-tel_1551149.png) > [Poetry is a projection across silence of cadences arranged to break that silence with definite intentions of echoes, syllables, wave lengths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-projection-across-silence-of-cadences-arranged-to-break/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/carl-sandburg-952_break_poetry-is-a-projection-across-silence-of_1784706.png) ## Other authors on Poetry - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-melody-lee-1672.jpg) Melody Lee 207 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/melody-lee/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 146 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-hirsch-31825.jpg) Edward Hirsch 138 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/edward-hirsch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dejan-stojanovic-28518.jpg) Dejan Stojanovic 133 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/dejan-stojanovic/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 111 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-alfa-h-4410.jpg) Alfa H 105 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/alfa-h/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-oliver-65135.jpg) Mary Oliver 99 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/mary-oliver/) - [Atticus Poetry 92 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/atticus-poetry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-bukowski-22166.jpg) Charles Bukowski 89 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/charles-bukowski/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-walt-whitman-94308.jpg) Walt Whitman 82 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/walt-whitman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 78 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-billy-collins-18123.jpg) Billy Collins 77 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/billy-collins/) ## More by Carl Sandburg > [Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/arithmetic-is-numbers-you-squeeze-from-your-head-to-your-hand-to-your/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [Gather the stars if you wish it so Gather the songs and keep them. Gather the faces of women. Gather for keeping years and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/gather-the-stars-if-you-wish-it-so-gather-the-songs-and-keep-them/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/back-of-every-mistaken-venture-and-defeat-is-the-laughter-of-wisdom/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [Somebody's little girl- how easy it is to make a sob story over who she once was and who she now is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/somebody-s-little-girl-how-easy-it-is-to-make-a-sob-story-over-who/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [Let your heart look on white sea spray and be lonely. Love is a fool star. You and a ring of stars may mention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/let-your-heart-look-on-white-sea-spray-and-be-lonely-love-is-a-fool/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [Two bubbles found they had rainbows on their curves. They flickered out saying: "It was worth being a bubble, just to have held that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/two-bubbles-found-they-had-rainbows-on-their-curves-they-flickered/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-series-of-explanations-of-life-fading-off-into-horizons/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [There are ten men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/there-are-ten-men-in-me-and-i-do-not-know-or-understand-one-of-them/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [The drum in a dream pounds loud to the dreamer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/the-drum-in-a-dream-pounds-loud-to-the-dreamer/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [“Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/time-is-the-most-valuable-coin-in-your-life-you-and-you-alone-will/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-the-opening-and-closing-of-a-door-leaving-those-who-look/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [a women is like a tea bag.it's only when she is in hot water that you realize how strong she is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/a-women-is-like-a-tea-bag-it-s-only-when-she-is-in-hot-water-that-you/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/my-name-is-truth-and-i-am-the-most-elusive-captive-in-the-universe/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any memory except the face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/i-won-t-take-my-religion-from-any-man-who-never-works-except-with-his/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) > [Rest is not a word of free people. Rest is a monarchical word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/rest-is-not-a-word-of-free-people-rest-is-a-monarchical-word/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/carl-sandburg/#itemlist", "name": "Best Poetry Quotes by Carl Sandburg", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poetry is a sequence of dots and dashes, spelling depths, crypts, cross-lights, and moon wisps.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Sandburg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-sequence-of-dots-and-dashes-spelling-depths-crypts-cross/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/carl-sandburg-952_creating-beauty_poetry-is-a-sequence-of-dots-and-dashes_2625776.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/carl-sandburg-952_creating-beauty_poetry-is-a-sequence-of-dots-and-dashes_2625776.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/carl-sandburg-952_creating-beauty_poetry-is-a-sequence-of-dots-and-dashes_2625776.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Poetry is a sequence of dots and dashes, spelling depths, crypts, cross-lights, and moon wisps.” — Carl Sandburg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Sandburg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/when-i-was-writing-pretty-poor-poetry-this-girl-with-midnight-black/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/carl-sandburg-952_black_when-i-was-writing-pretty-poor-poetry-th_882983.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/carl-sandburg-952_black_when-i-was-writing-pretty-poor-poetry-th_882983.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/carl-sandburg-952_black_when-i-was-writing-pretty-poor-poetry-th_882983.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.” — Carl Sandburg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. 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