Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look th…

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

Carl Sandburg Connected to the Carolinas

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"Tentative (First Model)" Definitions of Poetry" in Complete Poems (1950)

year: 1950

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