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Why would we keep them down on the farm?

In 1928, Carl Sandburg – under the heading “Tentative (First Model) Definitions of Poetry” in his collection “Good Morning, America” – included this as No. 36 of 38 definitions: “Poetry is the achievement of the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.”

Twenty years later, the 70-year-old Sandburg still liked that definition enough to give a lecture for the students of North ParkJunior College in…