The poem 'Happiness' by Carl Sandburg and its meaning?

[Mishy]

Does anybody know the poem 'Happiness" by Carl Sandburg and its meaning?

Im sorry if im out of scope.

[Prezbucky]

I ASKED the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell
me what is happiness.
And I went to famous executives who boss the work of
thousands of men.
They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though
I was trying to fool with them
And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along
the Desplaines river
And I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with
their women and children and a keg of beer and an
accordion.

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I think it's fruitless to try to figure out what an author meant when he said/wrote something. Who can know but him or her?

I think that the poem means this:

Happiness must be experienced; it cannot be defined by words.
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[Prezbucky]

while I am not generally a fan of free verse (Leaves of Grass, for instance, reminds me more of a lyrical-philosophical journal than a poem), that "poem" by Sandburg makes sense.
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