"Come clean with a child heart Laugh as peaches in the summer wind Let rain on a house roof be a song Let the writing on your face be a smell of apple orchards on late June."

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Source: Carl Sandburg (2015). “Honey and Salt”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Carl Sandburg

Poet, Biographer

Carl Sandburg was an American poet and biographer known for his vivid portrayals of American life and his work 'Chicago Poems'.

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