Carl Sandburg

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning.

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how read more

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess what is seen during read more

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess what is seen during a moment.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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?