• Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.

  Carl Sandburg
  American Poet 1878-1967
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1. commanding
2. red-headed
3. woman
4. birth
5. child

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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child. by : Carl Sandburg

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