Quotation by

Carl Sandburg

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry

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Poetry reflects feelings or ideas, like a sound bouncing back from something unseen or intangible. It invites something subtle and elusive, like a shadow, to respond or come alive through its rhythm and meaning.

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