Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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#January 6, 1878
#OTD #CarlSandburg, American #Poet & #Writer, is born.
His Galesburg, Illinois, birthplace has a #Garden & a boulder marking his remains.
Plain-spoken & direct, Carl wrote an American #Fairytale book called #Rootabaga Stories in which he wrote,
"Life is like an #Onion.
You peel it off one layer at a time, & sometimes you #Weep."
His #Poem, Accomplished Facts, begins:
"Every year #EmilyDickinson sent one friend
the first #Arbutus bud in her garden."
#january #otd #carlsandburg #poet #writer #garden #fairytale #rootabaga #onion #weep #poem #emilydickinson #arbutus #poetry #Mayflower