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Carl Sandburg

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

Poetry

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Carl Sandburg is saying that he has created poems whose meanings even he finds unclear or mysterious. This suggests that poetry can have layers or emotions that go beyond the poet’s own conscious understanding.

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