Accept string input from keyboard in LISP

Question

am really new to LISP. I am using LispWorks and having issues on how to accept string input from the keyboard. Here is my code below compiles well but when I run, it gives an error:

"End of file while reading stream #<Synonym stream to BACKGROUND-INPUT>."

(defun get-input (prompt)
  (clear-input)
  (write-string prompt)
  (finish-output)
  (let ((x (read-line)))
  (write-string x)
  (close x)))

(write-string (get-input "Enter a sentence: "))
(finish-output)

I have tried all sorts of codes using "read" to no avail, someone pls help.

Answer 1

The code below solved my problems:

(defun split-by-one-space (string)
    (loop for i = 0 then (1+ j)
          as j = (position #\Space string :start i)
          collect (subseq string i j)
          while j))

(defun rev_string()
    (let ((mystr (read-line *query-io* NIL "")))
    (terpri)
        (format t "The Original String is : ~a~%" mystr)
    (terpri)
    (format t "The Reversed String By Character is : ~a~%" (reverse mystr))
    (terpri)    
    (format t "The Reversed String By Word is : ~a~%" (nreverse (split-by-one-space mystr)))))
(rev_string)