Maxioms by Carl Sandburg
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
And how should a beautiful, ignorant stream of water know it heads for an early release - out across the read more
And how should a beautiful, ignorant stream of water know it heads for an early release - out across the desert, running toward the Gulf, below sea level, to murmur its lullaby, and see the Imperial Valley rise out of burning sand with cotton blossoms, wheat, watermelons, roses, how should it know?
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
Nothing happens unless first a dream.